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Explain why it is difficult to fold a sheet of paper in half more than 7 times
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Seven creases result in a thickness that cannot be folded.. Isn't it neat?
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You can actually only fold a piece of paper on HALF once. But creasing it more than seven times is NOT impossible, it's just really, really hard. Close to impossible though.
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well...i folded a piece of paper 10 times.So...it really is'ent impossible.
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because it gets so thick it becomes a compressed, thick sheet of paper
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They say that it is impossible when i tried it i see that it becomes too hard to fold and it it is impossible to fold it cause of the thickness of the paper
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