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wyn borkins

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3. How Many Bubbles in the Reflecting Pool

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 07:05 PM

12 hrs ago

500,000,000 bubbles per teaspoon

775 teaspoons per gallon

7,000,000 gallon pool

So 500,000,000 x 775 x 7,000,000

Equals 2.7125e+18 ( = ??? )

(Need bigger calculator)

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