puzzle: 13 people (5)

Posted by penwiggle on Tue 1 Feb 11, 1:33 PM to penwiggle's blog.

I was just in the lift at work and I noticed the sign saying max capacity 13 people, 1000 kg. Not a problem, except the lift can't be much more than 5 foot across.

13 people in a 5 x 5 space, now that's a party. But is it possible, and how thin do the people need to be?

I'll try and get a more accurate measurement today if I can.

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1 Feb 11, 2:00 PM
Shineecouple
UK, 9 yrs

I read something a while ago that said the entire population of the planet could fit onto the Isle of Wight - cosy!

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1 Feb 11, 3:32 PM
LittleLadyBecca
4 yrs

To remain under the weight limit each individual would have to be under 12 stone or 169 lbs. I myself an not too far away from that and I don't consider myself to be fat in relation to the size of the general population.

if they went in in this sort of fashion:

//// ///// ////

Voila! :D

The short answer : They'd all have to be about a size 12

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1 Feb 11, 4:13 PM
bohnanza
UK(FK), 12 yrs

The entire world's population could only fit on the Isle of Wight if they were four deep. It is 384 square Km and each person should be able to fit into .24 square metres meaning 1.597 billion people could fit in. This is one of these facts which were true once, yet hasn't kept up with the population in its retelling. If it was being updated Skye would fit the bill until the population hits 6.9 billion.

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1 Feb 11, 6:18 PM
penwiggle
UK(CB), 5 yrs

LittleLadyBecca wrote:
To remain under the weight limit each individual would have to be under 12 stone or 169 lbs. I myself an not too far away from that and I don't consider myself to be fat in relation to the size of the general population.

if they went in in this sort of fashion:

//// ///// ////

Voila! :D

The short answer : They'd all have to be about a size 12

So,... 13 women. I could squeeze into a lift with 12 other women.

You say Ouch like it's a bad word.
They say Pain is in the mind, as if you could discard your mind and be rid of the pain. I don't know about you, my mind is pretty integral to who I am.

1 Feb 11, 6:20 PM
penwiggle
UK(CB), 5 yrs

bohnanza wrote:
The entire world's population could only fit on the Isle of Wight if they were four deep. It is 384 square Km and each person should be able to fit into .24 square metres meaning 1.597 billion people could fit in. This is one of these facts which were true once, yet hasn't kept up with the population in its retelling. If it was being updated Skye would fit the bill until the population hits 6.9 billion.

A rough measurement of the lift, and it is about 1.5 meters by 1.5 meters, so 2.25 sq meters / .24 = 9.3 people.

Maybe 13 children?

Bored now.

You say Ouch like it's a bad word.
They say Pain is in the mind, as if you could discard your mind and be rid of the pain. I don't know about you, my mind is pretty integral to who I am.