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Two 1-kilometer-wide (0.6-mile-wide) asteroids collide with Earth. The first asteroid stri...

Two 1-kilometer-wide (0.6-mile-wide) asteroids collide with Earth. The first asteroid strikes a desert area 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from the city of Bang with a population of 1 million people. The other lands in the open ocean 1,000 kilometers from an identical city named Crash that also has 1 million people. Both cities are located along a low-lying coast similar to the Atlantic coast of the eastern United States. Predict which city will suffer the greater damage. Explain your choice.

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