A warehouse with 40,000 square feet is filled with five products. The pie chart described below gives the space used by each product. How much warehouse space is taken up with lumber? Lumber 18.4%, Pipe Fittings 12.0%, Electrical 8.6%, Flooring at 25.2%, and Appliances 35.8%.
Yes, that rubber-sheet analogy can be a bit hazy. But it's only an anology, not a representation of actual bending of spacetime by mass. A better analogy might be to imagine Earth as being a vacuum pump buried inside an immense rubber sheet. Turn on the vacuum pump and those parts of the sheet nearest the pump will be drawn towards it from all directions at once.
Part adornment, part anti-plastic statement, these nickel- and lead-free cornstarch-resin-based bracelets by EverybodyGreen were designed to aid environmental non-profits, as well as raise public consciousness about eco-friendly alternatives. Strung on organic hemp cord and embellished with a Go Green charm made from recycled brass, the bracelets come in coordinating sets of three ($15), in color themes with names such as berries, crystal, ocean, and dusk.
