Since its beginning, the U.S. Mint has produced over 288 billion pennies. (One penny measures 0.75 inches in length.)
(a) If we lined up these 288 billion pennies, how long (in billions of inches) would the line be?
(b) The mint currently makes about 30 million pennies a day. How many is this per second? (Round your answer to the nearest penny.)
How many is this per year? (Round your answer to the nearest penny.)