Suppose you tie a rope around the earth, at the equator. Suppose you now add one meter in length to the rope. Now lift the rope off the ground evenly around the planet. How high above the ground is the rope? If the planet is replaced by an orange and the experiment is repeated, how far is the orange from the string?

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Suppose you tie a rope around the earth, at the equator. Suppose you now add one meter in length to the rope. Now lift the rope off the ground evenly around the planet. How high above the ground is the rope? If the planet is replaced by an orange and the experiment is repeated, how far is the orange from the string?

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