How much additional string, to the nearest 100th of an inch is needed?

If you place a string around the earth at the equater, and then move it out 1".

Arbitrage2006-04-25T22:40:18Z

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It's just 2 * pi, or 6.28 inches because it's the difference of the diameter by 2 inches.

sal the dog2006-04-25T22:33:40Z

Are we assuming that 25,000 miles of string is not going to stretch?

I think the better question is how much longer is the mean orbital distance of the moon in the summer vs the winter?

I'll take my answer off the air.

Anonymous2006-04-25T22:37:04Z

46,000 miles ( Globe circumfrence 22000 X .00021 x 3.14etc plus a few feet lost to carless cutting) 3,212,640,000 inches exactly. Though it shrinks when it gets wet so watch out for the oceans

Einsteininium2006-04-25T22:33:50Z

I will tell you if you tell me how many drops of water are in the ocean to the nearest drop.

Tropic-of-Cancer2006-04-25T23:14:04Z

6.28" it's a trick question to get you to do lots of unnecessary calculations.

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