document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1152563>Question 1152563</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Imagine that a rope is wrapped tightly around the earth at the equator. Then suppose that the cable is cut, an additional 20 feet are added to the rope, and that this longer rope is put back around the equator, but now it is hovering around the earth with equal space between the rope and the equator. Because the rope is now a little longer than the circumference of the earth, there will be a gap between the rope and the surface of the earth. How large is the gap?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "●	What does this look like? (make sure you and your partner understand the problem, it may help to draw a picture)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "●	How big do you think the gap is? What’s your guess?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "●	Do you think you would be able to walk under the rope? Crawl under the rope? Slide your hand under the rope? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The diameter of the Earth at the equator is about 7,926 miles. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #774589 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=774589\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First radius  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%287926%2A5280%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%287926%2A5280%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, in FEET\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Second radius  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%287926%2A5280%2B20%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%287926%2A5280%2B20%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, in FEET\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The gap is difference between the first and second radii. </SPAN>\n" );
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