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The thickness of a typical piece of paper is 6 10 5 m. Suppose a large stack of papers

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The thickness of a typical piece of paper is 6 × 10–5 m. Suppose a large stack of papers is assembled, reaching to the top floor of the Empire State Building. Approximately how many pieces of paper are in the stack?

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