Order-of-magnitude estimate of the number of leaves on tree

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While admiring a tree, you notice that the leaves form a more or less continuous spherical shell, with relatively few leaves growing in the shell interior. You estimate that the diameter of this shell is about 30 m. Every leaf is about 5 in. long and 3 in. wide. Make an order-of-magnitude estimate of the number of leaves on this tree.

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