Earth's population is about 6.5 billion. Suppose that every person on Earth participates in a process of counting identical particles at the rate of two particles per second. How many years would it take to count 6.0 x 10^23 particles? Assume that there are 365 days in a year.
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To determine the number of years it would take to count 6.0 x 10^23 particles at a rate of two particles per second, we need to calculate the total number of seconds required to count all the particles.
First, let's consider how many particles can be counted in one second:
Since every person counts at a rate of two particles per second, if there are a total of 6.5 billion people participating, the number of particles counted in one second is:
2 particles/second * 6.5 billion people = 13 billion particles/second
Next, we need to calculate the total number of seconds required to count 6.0 x 10^23 particles. We can do that using the following formula:
Total seconds = Total particles / Particles counted per second
Total seconds = (6.0 x 10^23 particles) / (13 x 10^9 particles/second)
Simplifying the equation:
Total seconds = (6.0 x 10^23) / (13 x 10^9)
= (6.0 / 13) x (10^23 / 10^9)
= 0.461 x 10^14
= 4.61 x 10^13 seconds
Finally, we need to convert the total seconds into years. Since there are 365 days in a year and 24 hours in a day, we have:
Total years = Total seconds / (seconds in a minute * minutes in an hour * hours in a day * days in a year)
Total years = (4.61 x 10^13 seconds) / (60 * 60 * 24 * 365)
= 1.46 x 10^6 years
Therefore, it would take approximately 1.46 million years to count 6.0 x 10^23 particles if every person on Earth participated in the counting process, with each person counting at a rate of two particles per second.