top button
Flag Notify
    Connect to us
      Site Registration

Site Registration

If the distance between A and B is 500 km, how long is the circumference of the earth?

+1 vote
477 views

The height of the sun from point A is larger than that from point B by 4.92 (degree). If the distance between A and B is 500 km, how long is the circumference of the earth? (Assume that earth is perfect sphere.)

Earth Surface

posted Jun 25, 2015 by anonymous

Share this puzzle
Facebook Share Button Twitter Share Button LinkedIn Share Button

1 Answer

+2 votes

tan 4.92 = 500 / Center - B
Center - B = 5808 km = radius circle
Circumference = 2 * pi * r = 36495 km

answer Jun 26, 2015 by Jcm



Similar Puzzles
0 votes

Two buses with uniform speeds of 75 km/hr and 60 km/hr started from stand A at the same time towards stand B.
The faster bus after returning from stand B meets slower bus at a distance which is 9 km from stand B.
What is the distance between stand A and stand B in km?

+1 vote

The distance between station A and station B is 623 km. The train starts from station A at speed 36 m/s at 1:00 pm.
At what time train reach at station B ?

+1 vote

The length of a rectangular field is twice its width. Ramesh jogged around it 5 times and covered a distance of 3 km.
What is the length of the field?

0 votes

How many seconds will a 500 metre long train take to cross a man walking with a speed of 3 km/hr in the direction of the moving train if the speed of the train is 63 km/hr?

0 votes

A and B take part in a 500 m race.
A runs at 24 km per hour.
A gives B a start of 40 m and still beats him by 15 seconds.
What is the speed of B?

...