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> Adding 3 feet to a tightly tied rope around the earth would allow you to raise it uniformly by almost 6 inches. There is no way my brain can accept that this
by justusthane 5y ago
> Adding 3 feet to a tightly tied rope around the earth would allow you to raise it uniformly by almost 6 inches.
There is no way my brain can accept that this is true.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> > Adding 3 feet to a tightly tied rope around the earth would allow you to raise it uniformly by almost 6 inches. > There is no way my brain can accept that this is true. Yeah, my brain wants the size of the Earth to matter even though I know c = πd => c1 - c0 = π(d1-d0) means only the delta matters. The Earth, a soccer ball, the Milky Way galaxy...the amount of additional diameter you get from the same added circumference is constant.