document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=56972>Question 56972</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Assume all ants are 8 millimeters long and weight 7 milligrams each.  Find the number of kilograms in the weight of a string of ants one kilometer long.  Explain your answer </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1 km = 1000 meters = 1,000,000 millimeters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,000,000mm/8mm = 125000 ants in 1 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "125000*7 mg = 875000 mg = 875 kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ants weigh 875 kilograms.<BR>\n" );
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