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Jay said that 6 billion people could stretch around Earth at the equator

more than 200 times. Show why his claim makes sense. (The distance around
the equator is about 40 000 km.)

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If people stood very close together, they could probably rotate the earth about 6 times. Standing approximately 10 or 15 feet away, definitely, 9 times.

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