Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

DOI

10.1119/10.0009705

Publication Title

The Physics Teacher

Volume

60

Issue

3

Pages

A228

Abstract

Answers the questions:

Question 1: Ketchup packets

How many ketchup packets are used in America every year?

Question 2: Dog hair

How much dog hair is shed (and subsequently vacuumed) in the U.S. each year?

Rights

© Copyright 2026 AIP Publishing LLC.

This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in   Weinstein, L. (2022). Solutions for Fermi Questions, March 2022 [Question/ Answer]. Physics Teacher, 60(3), A228-A228, and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009705.

Original Publication Citation

Weinstein, L. (2022). Solutions for Fermi Questions, March 2022. Physics Teacher, 60(3), A228-A228. https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009705 

ORCID

0000-0001-5416-2900 (Weinstein)

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