How many of you believe the Earth is flat? Go.......

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Monkey Man said:
Correct me if I'm wrong:

The earth's curvature is 8" / mile.
Eddie claims that this means a drop of 6000' over a distance of 100 miles.

Looks like he's got his math way-off?
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That’s what we’re arguing about. VB found a calculator but Space boy thinks its wrong and can’t seem to cite any references to confirm.
 
Monkey Man said:
Correct me if I'm wrong:

The earth's curvature is 8" / mile.
Eddie claims that this means a drop of 6000' over a distance of 100 miles.

Looks like his math is way-off?
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I’m glad you said that, I could use some help lol
 
denialist said:
That’s what we’re arguing about. VB found a calculator but Space boy thinks its wrong and can’t seem to cite any references to confirm.
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Thanks brudda.

I saw the post and responded but have only read up to page 10 at this point.

Thanks for the spoiler alert. :doh::LOL:
 
Aynirar27 said:
my bad, I didn’t post the link lol

To reiterate from post #326 “Here is a good example. As you can see, the exponents disappear from the variables once the equation is solved, as they do”



http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.15/h/sean1.html
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Interesting. The first result on Google is a calculator that shows a different number. I’ll eat then investigate further.
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Aynirar27 said:
my bad, I didn’t post the link lol

To reiterate from post #326 “Here is a good example. As you can see, the exponents disappear from the variables once the equation is solved, as they do”



http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.15/h/sean1.html
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Hi Sean,
In the note you mentioned I did say "Hence the earth's surface curves at approximately 8 inches per mile." I should have said "Hence the earth's surface curves approximately 8 inches in one mile." I will go back and change it. By saying "8 inches per mile" it sounds like it will curve 16 inches in two miles and 4 inches in half a mile but this is not correct.”
 
denialist said:
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Hi Sean,
In the note you mentioned I did say "Hence the earth's surface curves at approximately 8 inches per mile." I should have said "Hence the earth's surface curves approximately 8 inches in one mile." I will go back and change it. By saying "8 inches per mile" it sounds like it will curve 16 inches in two miles and 4 inches in half a mile but this is not correct.”
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Don’t even start with that again lol
 
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