I came across this fun video on proportions, imagining how large some objects would be if atomic (and subatomic) length scales were magnified to the size of a tennis ball.
Fun with Proportions and Atoms
Posted in Physics, Pre-Algebra
Tagged proportions
Posted by John Quintanilla on February 7, 2020
https://meangreenmath.com/2020/02/07/fun-with-proportions-and-atoms/
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