Okay.

So we've got an entirely flat surface that also happens to be the exact same length as the earth's surface.

If you had one continuous piece of string that went from one end of that flat surface to the other, and on one end there was attached a bell... would you be able to ring the bell by pulling on the other end of string?

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

c = pi x d

So, to increase d by 2 meters (cause d = 2 x r), that's 2 X pi, or 6.28 meters for string?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    So I'm bad at math. Can you explain why we've decided to multiply pi by 2? Is there an articulable reason or is it just a rule?

    c+x= pi * (d+2) in this case, right? So where did that multiply pi by 2 come from?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Distribute the pi on the right side of your equality, and replace c with pi*d:

    c+x = pi*(d+2)

    pid+x = pid + pi*2

    x = pi*2

    To generalize for an height h,

    x = pi2h

    Edit: I did some weird markup, but won't be fixing it

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