Still on the subject of exploding people watch the following clip and then try to solve the problems.
Assuming the man weighs 12 stone and that the average density of a human being is 1.4 g/cm cubed what is his volume?
If the man was broken into pieces approximately 2cm by 2cm by 2cm (approx. 1 inch cubes) how many pieces would the FBI agents have to pick up?
Estimate the weight of the ear that Walter Bishop holds up in the video.
12 stone = 12 x 14 lb = 168 lb
ReplyDelete168 / 2.2 = 76.36 kg
At 1.4 g per cubic centimetre = (76.36 x 1000) / 1.4 = 54545 cubic cm.
54545 / (2 x 2 x 2) = 6818 pieces approximately
Estimate ear to be 6 cm x 3 cm x 0.5 cm = 9 cubic cm. = 9 x 1.4 = 13 g (approximately)