a rope is tied tightly around earth's equator. you find this rope and decide to increase it's length in order to make it hang 1m above the ground all the way around the planet, if the radius of the earth is 6,371 km how many meters of a rope will you need to make the adjustments

Best answer that i found on yahoo ok   set :   x= length of 2nd piece in cm  x- 3= length of 1st piece in cm  x-4= length of 3rd piece in cm  then since you know they all came from the 20 cm ribbon you add them together and set them equal to 20x+ x-3 +x-4 = 20  3x - 7= 20  3x= 27  x= 9  the shortest piece is the third piece which is x- 4  x-4  9-4 = 5  the length of the smallest piece is 5 cm.  the other lengths are  9 cm  6 cm

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