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hyde
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Please show me the calculation to prove this statement:
"...if an atom were magnified to the size of the solar system, a (super) string would be the size of a tree" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/scale.html
I can't prove this, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Here's my work:
assume:
length of string = 10^-35 m
length of atom = 10^-10 m
length of tree = 10^0 m
length of solar system = 10^13 m
magnification from atom to solar system: 10^23 times
magnification from string to tree: 10^35 times
They don't match! Am I doing something wrong or is it the statement that's wrong?
"...if an atom were magnified to the size of the solar system, a (super) string would be the size of a tree" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/scale.html
I can't prove this, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Here's my work:
assume:
length of string = 10^-35 m
length of atom = 10^-10 m
length of tree = 10^0 m
length of solar system = 10^13 m
magnification from atom to solar system: 10^23 times
magnification from string to tree: 10^35 times
They don't match! Am I doing something wrong or is it the statement that's wrong?