How many
tampons
would it take
to absorb
the whole
ocean?
There are about 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 liters of water on earth, and 98% of that water is found in the oceans.
So 98% of that would be 1,234,800,000,000,000,000,000 liters.
If the average tampon can hold 10 cm3 of water, then it would take 1.2348 x 1023 tampons.
1.2348 x 1023 = 123,480,000,000,000,000,000,000
We need
123,480,000,000,000,000,000,000
tampons.