Belting the earth...

A belt is fit around the equator.

Suppose it was 1 meter extra in length, and it was lifted till it was no longer slack.

How high above the Earth's surface would you then be?

A diagram is made here:

Assume: Earth is sphere of radius 6400 km

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Subhomoy Bakshi ·

ooooooooooooooo.........what a question........

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Lokesh Verma ·

No the earth is rotating is fine.. but i will try to make a better picture for ppl to understand...

Find the height of the pink line..

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