In March 2003 Welshman Tony Evans dropped a ball from an aircraft a mile above the Mojave desert to see if it would bounce. The ball was made from 6 million rubber bands, had a circumference of 14 ft 8 in, weighed 2600 pounds and took Mr Evans five years to build.
On average, roughly how many rubber bands did he add each day whilst building the ball?
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3
33
330
3300
33 000
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