Complexity Explorer Santa Few Institute

Fractals and Scaling (2021)

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7.2 Metabolic Scaling » Quiz 1: Scaling Practice

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Shown below is The Thinker (Le Penseur), a sculpture by Auguste Rodin.  Let's assume that the sculpture is solid bronze and is 2 meters tall.  (It's actually 1.86 meters tall, but 2 is a nicer number.)  You wish to make an exact copy of the sculpture that is 1 meter tall instead of 2.  Let's suppose that the mass of the sculpture is 8000 kg.