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GIVEN: A stack of one dollar bills sufficient to pay the yearly tuition of the average OSU student. FIND: The height of a stack of one dollar bills sufficient to pay the yearly tuition of the average OSU student. Method/ Approch :
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GIVEN: A stack of one dollar bills sufficient to pay the yearly tuition of the average OSU student. FIND: The height of a stack of one dollar bills sufficient to pay the yearly tuition of the average OSU student.
Method/Approch: Make some assumptions to estimate tuition and thickness of money from prior knowledge Next individually solve using estimated values. Use unit conversions go from dollars to inches Present final answer
Assumptions: 100 $1 = .5 in Tuition = $6,000 – 8,000
Solution: $7,000 * 1 stack * .5 in = 35 inches $100 1 stack