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Pyramid Problem
Pyramid Problem
Pyramid Problem
- 200,000 men
- 20 years to build
- 5.9 million tonnes
- 146.5m high
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Assuming 200,000 slaves worked for 20 years, expending 8000kJ per day (somewhere between a
bricklayer and an athlete’s rate):
¿ 1.168 ×1016 J
However the useful energy used to raise the stones can be calculated. The centre of mass of a
square base pyramid is ¼ of the height up from the base.
E=mgh
1
¿ 5.9 ×106 ×103 ×9.81 × ×146.5
4
¿ 2.12 ×1012 J