College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 1, Problem 29P
How long would it take you to walk to the moon, end how many steps would you have to take, assuming that you could somehow walk normally in space?
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