LinuxDave

Welcome to Science Tuesday. Every Tuesday I will (well, I might) post some cool science-related fact.

Here’s a good one:
You probably didn’t know (or care) that the population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.

You don’t believe me?

Proof:

Area in sq miles (Texas) 270,000 square miles

Convert this to square feet: 5280×5280=square feet in a square mile = 28,000,000 square feet in a square mile

Multiply the sq feet per sq mile times the number of square miles in Texas:
28,000,000 x 270,000= 7,560,000,000,000

Divide 7,560,000,000,000 by the population the earth 6,000,000,000
= 1260 sq. feet per person

That is the size of a class room for every person in the world. Brilliant!

This also works that every person in the world can get a 4×4 square and fit in
Rhode Island.

Why would you want to live like this in either of these states? I have no idea. But it is possible!