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From: canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Flaming Asteroid)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Billion and billions
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Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 12:59:53 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 12:59:53 1984
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> 
> 	"... if I had a billion Volkswagons and I parked them
> 	end to end, how far would the line of cars go?
> 
> 	"If there is anyone that has an answer to my problem,
        I would appreciate a response."

Assuming a VW of 14 feet in length from bumper to bumper, roughly
2,651,515.1 miles, which is about eleven times farther than the Moon,
or about one-tenth the distance to Venus at its closest approach, or
one ten-millionth the distance to the nearest star, or ....
-- 
Frank Dibbell  (408-746-6493)          ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!canopus

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