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Default Todays quiz
On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:21:40 -0800 (PST), wrote:

* *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.
*

Goofball_star_dot_etal wrote:
44/7 ft.

Did we ask for an answer in the metric system?!

DSK

(44/7) * 12 * (2.54/100) m.
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