And, that's a good thing to know because if you come out with an answer that's somewhere near the diameter of the universe and it's supposed to be the diameter of an atom, then you will know that you probably made a mistake.

这是我们需要知道的,因为当你做一道题得到的答案,是宇宙的直径,而正确答案是原子直径时，你能很快发现你的错误。

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