Suppose it turns out that one in 1 million stars has a planet that at some point in its history is home to an advanced civilization. Then the total number of civilizations that have arisen in our galaxy would be closest to ________

A) 40,000 B) 400,000 C) 40 D) 4,000 E) 400


B

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