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1 total messages Started by SMann74367 Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:00
World Pop in KY?
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Author: SMann74367
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:00
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Ok.  I am trying to comprehend a question I think I already answered because it
is mind blowing.  Here it goes:

Facts are as follows:
According to the International Programs Center, U.S. Bureau of the Census, the
total population of the World, projected to
1/28/98 at 3:32:23 PM EST is 5,892,621,754 people
- Refrenced at: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw

Kentucky Land Area is 39,674 sq. miles
-Refrenced at: http://www.scvol.com/States/kentucky.htm

one square mile = 2.78784E+07 sq feet
-Refrenced at: http://www.execpc.com/~wallin/convert/cvert.html

Now the question is what % of the world population would fit in the land area
of Kentucky assuming each person occupies 2.5 sq ft of space.

Here is my calc.

Kentucky Land Area (sq ft) = 39674 * 27878400 = 1,106,047,641,600 sq ft.

Total people count (shoulder to shoulder) in Kentucky assuming a 2.5 sq ft of 
space is:
1,106,047,641,600 sq ft. / 2.5 sq ft. = 442,419,056,640 People

Therefore,
The % of the world population that could fit in Kentucky is like this:

The Percentage = (Space allocated for total people in KY / World population) *
100

The Percentage = (442,419,056,640 People / 5,892,621,754 people) * 100
The Percentage = if done correctly, 7508%

Does this sound right to anyone.  Please e-mail me as soon as you can because
it is boggling the mind right now.
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