[TR] length of string - long

[Carl TR]

Andrew -
your formula is wrong:
c= circumference

c= pi * d  is correct

c +3 = (pi * d) +3

however your answer is correct - the diameter would increase by 
approximately 1 ft.
your formula would have increased the diameter by 3ft.

Carl



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard at comcast.net>
To: <eric.frenken at brits-n-pieces.com>; "'Kent Shrack'" 
<kentshrack at yahoo.com>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] length of string - long


> The distance is 3/(2*pi) in both cases.
>
> circumference = pi * d
>
> circumference + 3 = pi * d + 3
>      = pi * (d + 3/pi)
>
> The diameter increases by 3/pi regardless of the starting diameter.
>
> But don't ask me to set my SU carbs.................
>
> Andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces+auprichard=comcast.net at autox.team.net
> [mailto:triumphs-bounces+auprichard=comcast.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf 
> Of
> Brits'n'Pieces (Eric Frenken)
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:40 PM
> To: 'Kent Shrack'; triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] length of string - long
>
> This really surprised me, as I was nearly sure that the 'earth string' 
> would
> have been closer. They both have the same distance, don't they?
>
> Eric
> Heinsberg/Germany
> http://brits-n-pieces.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces+lists=brits-n-pieces.com at autox.team.net
> [mailto:triumphs-bounces+lists=brits-n-pieces.com at autox.team.net] On 
> Behalf
> Of Kent Shrack
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:03 PM
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] length of string - long
>
> Off the string subject, but here's one:  If there is a string tied tight
> around a basketball, and a string tied tight around a sphere the size of 
> the
> earth, and if you add a little over 3 feet of string to each one (the
> basketball string and the earth string), and if you evenly space the 
> string
> around each object, Which is closer?  The distance from the string to the
> basket ball, ~or~ the distance from the string to the earth.
>  If you follow all of that, you'll be surprised at the answer.