not_taken_1 wrote:
Imagine the Earth as a perfect sphere. (It is not, but picture it
this way for the sake of this puzzie.) Then imagine the equator
is a long belt that has been looped around the Earth and
fastened snugly.
If you loosened that belt by
2 meters and pulled the belt
away from the surface,
h o w m u c h slack would
there be? In o t h e r
words, how high
could you pull the
belt? The answer
is either .03 meters,
.33 meters o r 3.3
meters-but which?
this way for the sake of this puzzie.) Then imagine the equator
is a long belt that has been looped around the Earth and
fastened snugly.
If you loosened that belt by
2 meters and pulled the belt
away from the surface,
h o w m u c h slack would
there be? In o t h e r
words, how high
could you pull the
belt? The answer
is either .03 meters,
.33 meters o r 3.3
meters-but which?
.33
Oh
I’m just slow then
I’m sorry