A rectangular sheet of paper (such as the one shown in the figure at right) has a

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A rectangular sheet of paper (such as the one shown in the figure at right) has a thickness 0.003 inches. Suppose that it is folded in half, then folded in half again, then folded in half again—fifty times in all. How thick is the resulting wad of paper? How many folds would it take to reach the Sun?