document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1141642>Question 1141642</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How long would a day be on Earth if instead of spinning at its usual 1000 mph the Earth rotated at 28,000 mph like the fastest-spinning planet Jupiter?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They have an answer of 52 minutes but don't know how they got the answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How would you go about solving? Thanks in advance. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "They have an answer of 52 minutes but don't know how they got the answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How would you go about solving?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Spinning 28 times as fast, not \"28 times faster,\" it takes 1/28 as long to rotate once on its axis/<BR>\n" );
document.write( "---> 1/28 of a day --> 1440/28 minutes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS  The Earth's speed of ~1000 mi/hr is only at the equator.  At the poles, it's zero.<BR>\n" );
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