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MathsIsFun

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Estimate How Far Away

A fun and useful page: Estimate Distance

What do you all think?

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Re: Estimate How Far Away

Hi;

That is really clever, I did not know that.

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Re: Estimate How Far Away

Very useful. Thanks,

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Estimate How Far Away

Hi MathsIsFun,

Interesting information, indeed!

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