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POTM 5 - Team 4 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 -Set the miles to inches. to make a common set. 1 mile=63,360 inches 63,360*25,000= 1,584,000,000 inches. This makes the diameter of the Earth 1,584,000,000/pi. This would also mean the new diameter would be 1584000034/pi. Subtract these numbers and you should get the width of two gaps. Divide this number by two and that is your answer. 2 - 3 - 4 -
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