On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 01:22:19PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:

> who wonders how tall (in terms of number of stories, anyway) the
> building would have to be if we just built it over the entirety of
> Kansas

Area of Kansas = 82282 sq mi = 2.29E12 sq ft

If we stick with Fools 900sq ft per person and 6B people, area required
= 5.4E12 sq ft

5.4/2.29 = 2.35, so you would need 3 floors, but the top one would only
be about one-third full (or whichever floor was least popular).


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