The distance around the Earth's equator is 40,077 kilometers, and the population of the United States in 1,950 was approximately 150,000,000 people. If this many people were spaced equally around the equator, what would be the length of the space each person would have to the nearest centimeter?

The distance around the Earth's equator is 40,077 kilometers, and the population of the United States in 1,950 was approximately 150,000,000 people. If this many people were spaced equally around the equator, what would be the length of the space each person would have to the nearest centimeter?

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The distance around the Earth's equator is 40,077 kilometers, and the population of the United States
in 1,950 was approximately 150,000,000 people. If this many people were spaced equally around the
equator, what would be the length of the space each person would have to the nearest centimeter?
The approximate length the space would be
cm.

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