A​ 1-inch-high stack of​ $100 bills contains about 250 bills. In​ 2010, the gross federal debt was approximately 19.5 trillion dollars.   ​(a) If the entire federal debt were converted into a stack of​ $100 bills, how many feet high would it​ be?   ​(b) The distance between city A and city B is approximately 7300 miles. Could this stack of​ $100 bills reach between these two​ cities?

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A​ 1-inch-high stack of​ $100 bills contains about 250 bills. In​ 2010, the gross federal debt was approximately 19.5 trillion dollars.
 
​(a) If the entire federal debt were converted into a stack of​ $100 bills, how many feet high would it​ be?
 
​(b) The distance between city A and city B is approximately 7300 miles. Could this stack of​ $100 bills reach between these two​ cities?
 
 
(a) For the entire federal​ debt, the stack of​ $100 bills would be ____ feet high. ​(Type a whole​ number.)
 
(b) Could the stack of​ $100 bills found in part ​(a) reach between the given two​ cities? ​(Round to the nearest whole number as​ needed.)
 
Yes, because the stack of ​ $100 bills found in part ​(a) was about ____ miles​ long, which is greater than the distance between the two cities.
 
​No, because the stack of ​ $100 bills found in part ​(a) was about ____ miles​ long, which is less than the distance between the two cities.
 
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