Estimate How Many Textbooks of 1000 Pages Stacked on Top

question 25

Multiple Choice

Estimate how many textbooks of 1000 pages stacked on top of each other would make a stack of books 15 feet high.

• A) 100
• B) 10
• C) 1000
• D) 1
• E) 500

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Definitions:

Purchasing-Power Parity

An economic theory that compares different countries' currencies through a "basket of goods" approach to evaluate the relative purchasing power of the countries.

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Exports

Goods or services sold by a country to other countries.

Trade Deficit

A condition where a nation's expenditures on imported goods surpass its income from exports, resulting in a greater outflow of funds than inflow.