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The Richter scale ranges from 1 to 10 in increments of tenths and measures the amount of energy released by an earthquake, not the amount of damage or the effect on people. How many earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 does it take to release the same amount of energy released by one earthquake of magnitude 8.0? (Show your work)