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Large and small numbers

Sections: Pure, Games, Geometry, Physics, Large.

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Some large and small constants that may come in handy:

Puzzles in this section:

• Biblical Flood --- spoiler
• Data storage and transmission --- spoiler
• High accelerations --- spoiler

Biblical Flood

Q: How much water is needed to produce the Biblical Flood?

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Data storage and transmission

Q: How much data storage is needed for various large amounts of data, eg

• A telephone directory for the world;
• A video of a person's life;
• The DNA required to clone everyone in the world;
• A black-and-white photocopy of the earth's surface?

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High accelerations

Q: If we use reasonably high constant accelerations, how long does it take to travel across the country, say, or across the planet?
[24 Jan 2002]

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Sections: Pure, Games, Geometry, Physics, Large.