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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A ribbon has been placed around the earth's equator. Ten feet has been added to the original ribbon and the new ribbon has been uniformly placed around the equator.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: the circumference of the earth is about 25,000 miles and 1 mile= 5,280 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What would be the largest thing you would be able to slide between the original ribbon and the new ribbon: a sheet of paper, your finger, a golf ball, a baseball, or a basketball? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: the circumference of the earth is about 25,000 miles and 1 mile= 5,280 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What would be the largest thing you would be able to slide between the original ribbon and the new ribbon: a sheet of paper, your finger, a golf ball, a baseball, or a basketball?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Formula: Circumference = (pi)*diameter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If C=25000 miles = 25000*5280 = 132000000 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dividing by (pi) we get a diameter of 42016904.98 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we add 10 ft. to the circumference we get [25000*5280+10]ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dividing that by (pi) we get the new diameter:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[25000*5280+10/(pi)]ft = 4201608.16 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtracting the smaller diameter from the larger we get 0.00374 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Taking (1/2) of that we get the distance of the extended ribbon<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from the earth's surface:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/2)*0.00374 = 0.00187 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Changing that to inches we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.02244 inches<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I guess you could get a sheet of paper between the ribbon and the earth.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheer,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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