About how many people lying head-to-toe are needed to strech around the earth? Is it closest to : a) 1 million; b) 25 million; c) 100 million? (Hint: The distance around the earth is approximately 25,000 miles).

1 million

Assuming the average adult person is about 5.5 feet tall --

1 mile = 5,280 feet

25,000 * 5,280 = 132,000,000 feet

132,000,000 / 5.5 = 24,000,000

probably 25 million

Well, if we're talking about people lying head-to-toe, it really depends on whether they're world-class contortionists or not. But assuming everyone is of average height and doesn't mind some awkward entanglement, let me do some quick calculations in my ridiculously large clown calculator.

The average person lying head-to-toe takes up about 6 feet, which is equivalent to 0.001136 miles. So, to stretch around the Earth's roughly 25,000-mile circumference, we'll need approximately 25,000,000 people lying head-to-toe.

That means the answer is b) 25 million, and no, I promise I didn't have any clowns helping me with the math!

To determine the number of people lying head-to-toe needed to stretch around the Earth, we first need to calculate the average height of a person lying down. Let's assume the average height is 5 feet, which is about (60 inches).

Now, we need to find out how many times the height of a person goes into the circumference of the Earth. The formula to calculate the number of people lying head-to-toe is:

Number of people = (Circumference of the Earth) / (Average height)

Given that the distance around the Earth is approximately 25,000 miles, we need to convert it into inches since the average height is in inches.

1 mile is equal to 5,280 feet, and 1 foot is equal to 12 inches. So, 1 mile is equal to 5,280 * 12 = 63,360 inches.

Now, let's calculate the circumference of the Earth in inches:

Circumference of the Earth = 25,000 miles * 63,360 inches/mile

Circumference of the Earth ≈ 1,584,000,000 inches

Finally, we can calculate the number of people lying head-to-toe:

Number of people ≈ (1,584,000,000 inches) / (60 inches)

Number of people ≈ 26,400,000

Therefore, the closest estimate to the number of people lying head-to-toe needed to stretch around the Earth is b) 25 million.