SOLUTION: You travel around the equator and you head travels 40 ft further than the bottom of your feet. How tall are you?

Question 518012: You travel around the equator and you head travels 40 ft further than the bottom of your feet. How tall are you?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

When you walk on level ground, your and travel the distance, but when you walk over , your head actually travels farther.
In this case, your head travels further, then:

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