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Old 03-11-2003, 08:28 AM
irchans irchans is offline
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I got h = (9 x^2 r / 32 )^(1/3) where x is the excess amount of rope and r is the radius of the earth. ( x = 6 meters, r = 6.336*10^6 meters )

h is approximately 400 meters.

400 meters seems to be rather high. Is it right ?
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