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The numerical and word versions are equal, but they're both wrong. 15 billion inches is to the distance from the Earth to the Moon.

>If we crank it all the way up to the maximum of UserUnit 75000, Acrobat now reports the size of our page as 15,000,000,000.00 x 15,000,000,000.00 in – 381 km along both sides, matching the original claim. If you’re curious, you can download the PDF.

15 billion inches are 381,000km. The original claim is the limit is 15 million inches.

He put too many zeroes. It should be "15,000,000.00 in" or 15 million.