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POTM 5 - Team 6 The Earth’s Circumference A steel band is placed around the earth, snugly fit at the equator. (The equator is approximately 25,000 miles in circumference.) This band is cut, and a 36 inch piece of string is added to the steel band. This new circular band is placed around the earth, hovering above the earth’s surface, with its center being the center of the earth. A gap is created between the equator and this circular band.

How wide is this gap?

1 - Ok, so in this problem, I think we need to find the area of both circles and subtract the smaller from the larger. I think maybe we can figure this out like this:
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Oh yeah, sorry about the tiny lettering. Anyhoo, first I found both circumferences (and converted all measurements to INCHES, so maybe someone can to solve it in miles, if they want), and started to set up the area for the bigger circle (with the formulas). But the number was too large, way too large for my calculator. So I think that once we find both areas, we subtract the equator circumference from the band to get the area in between. What do you think?

2 - ​Wowee! Nice job team member 1! I like those ideas so far... I'm still in the process... hehe. By the way, I like your use of the word "anyhoo." :D Oh, and one question. Why did you solve it in inches?? Just wonderinnn... OOOOH. Wait, I got it. The band... I seehhh. Sorry about that. Oh, thank you very much! Yes, I like anyhoo too. hee hee that rhymes. And may I ask a question? (Well, I guess I have to anyways.) Do you think that it would be easier to solve in feet or miles? Perhaps we could try to solve it that way...(P.S. Cool color!) :P ​ ​*wink wink* haha, I'm not sure. It would be helpful for it to be in inches, but at the same time, those big numbers probably get annoying... I'm not sure. 3 - 4 -

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