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    About 14 football fields, stacked up to the crossbar.
    according to GPT-4o-mini that I haven’t double-checked, which means it’s likely wrong somewhere.

    Summary of Paper Volume and Football Fields

    Data Capacity of a Letter-Sized Page

    • Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
    • Average Text Capacity:
      • Approximately 500 to 600 words
      • About 2,500 to 3,000 characters
      • Roughly 2,500 to 3,000 bytes (using standard ASCII/UTF-8)

    Total Pages for 100 Exabytes

    • 100 Exabytes = 10^20 bytes
    • Average Bytes per Page: 2,750 bytes
    • Total Pages: Approximately 36.4 trillion pages

    Volume of the Paper

    • Volume of One Page:
      • Volume = 8.5 inches x 11 inches x 0.004 inches ≈ 0.000374 cubic inches
    • Total Volume for 36.4 Trillion Pages:
      • Total volume ≈ 7.89 million cubic feet

    Volume of a Football Field

    • Dimensions:
      • Length: 120 yards (360 feet)
      • Width: 53.3 yards (160 feet)
      • Height: 10 feet
    • Volume: Approximately 576,000 cubic feet

    Football Fields Needed to Hold the Paper

    • Calculation:
      • Number of football fields ≈ 7,890,000 cubic feet / 576,000 cubic feet ≈ 14
    • Result: Approximately 14 football