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Keith nuttle wrote:
Gordon wrote:
This is from the Brian Toss rigging book so if you want to cheat, you
can look it up.

If I string a line around the equator (disregarding natural
obstacles) and then decide I want that line 1 foot above the equator
all the way around, how much longer must that line be? Call the
earth's diameter an even 8000 miles.
G

This is like many problems to day if you over analyze you lose. Big
numbers get in the way of simple facts.


Wrong answer.
g