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Find the distance that the earth travels in one day in its path around the sun. Assume that a year has 365 days and that the path of the earth around the sun is a circle of radius 93 million miles.
so if I take 365 days and divide it by 360 degrees the earth moves ruffly 1.01 degrees per day then S=rθ
93millionmiles times 1.01 but that doesn't make sense so if I take 1 degree which equal (pi/180) =.017 as my theta and multiply it by 93million i get 1623156.204 million miles
Am I right?
Hello, M670!
You're confusing yourself with a lot of extra work.
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Find the distance that the Earth travels in one day in its path around the Sun. Assume that a year
has 365 days and that the path of the Earth around the Sun is a circle of radius 93 million miles.
The circumference of a circle with radiusis: .
The circumference of the circular orbit of the Earth is: .miles.
The Earth travels that distance in one year (365 days).
In one day, it travels: .miles.
Yes, both are right.
Salahuddin
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