The point on a pin has a diameter of about 1 * 10^-4 meters. If an atom has a diameter of 2 * 10^-9 meters, about how many atoms could fit across the diameter of the point of a pin?

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1.0*10^-4
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2.0*10^-9

= 0.5 * 10^5
= 50,000