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How many pennies would be needed, if formed into a single line, would be needed to reach the Moon?

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Answer: 242,288,640,000 pennies

Step-by-step explanation:

A penny is about 1/16 of an inch and the distance between the Earth and the moon is 239,000 miles.

The distance needs to be converted to inches.

1 mile is about 5,280 feet and 1 feet is about 12 inches.

239,000 miles in inches is;

= 239,000 * 5,280 * 12

= 15,143,040,000 inches.

A penny is 1/16 of an inch so it would take;

= 15,143,040,000 * 16

= 242,288,640,000 pennies

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