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document.write( "I am in need of help with a word problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose a chain is made from a million paper clips. How far will it stretch? Choose suitable units for your answer, ignore the thickness of the wire.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Assumption: Each paper clip is about 4cm in length.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4cm, times a million, equals 4,000,000 cm.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "4,000,000cm = 40,000m = 40km<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"Suitable units\" is not well defined; presumably the answer they want is \"40km\".<br><BR>\n" );
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