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How much extra rope would we require?

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At the equator the radius of the earth is 6378 km, so its circumference is almost exactly 40000 km.
Imagine we had a long rope that went around the equator, this would, of course, be 40000 km long.
If we now placed 1 metre sticks all the way around and lay the rope on top these sticks.
How much extra rope would we require?

posted Sep 18, 2020 by Swati Arora

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