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The istance to the sun is 93000000 miles. A firefly is about 0.04 inches long. How many fireflies would it take to reach the sun if the were placed end to end?
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The istance to the sun is 93000000 miles. A firefly is about 0.04 inches long. How many fireflies would it take to reach the sun if the were placed end to end?
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93000000/0.04=2,325,000,000. So it will take 2,325,000,000 fireflies to reach the sun!
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