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The Amazing Flea
Imagine an amazingly magical flea that can spring two feet, three inches every hop. How many hops must it take to go around the world, the circumference being 25,020 miles? Also, how long would it require for the journey if it took sixty hops every minute?
Remember this is a special flea and can live for a long time and hop on water.
Remember this is a special flea and can live for a long time and hop on water.
Answer
It would take 58,713,600 hops, requiring one year, three hundred and fourteen days, thirteen hours and twenty minutes.Hide Answer Show Answer
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