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​POTM 5 - Team 1 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 - i'm confused i tryed this promblem by trying to find the areas and then subtracting them but that didn't work because they are bands not full circles anyone have any ideas 2 - why would you try to find the areas? 3 -Ok, so I thought we had to find the radius of the 2 bands. To find the radius, we could find the diameter and divide by 2. And maybe we do that formula ___c___ d equals pi. I don't know. Myabe the differences between the 2 radius' would be the gap. Yea, there it is. 4 -
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