Conceptual Integrated Science
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Chapter 1, Problem 25TS
If the angle between the two verticals extended to Earth’s center (Figure1.4) were 10o instead 7.2o, still subtending 800km, what would be Eratosthenes’s value for Earth’s circumference? (Hint: How many 10o segments circle Earth?)
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