1.Suppose a belt tightly stretched about the equator of the earth just fits. How long a piece should be inserted so that the belt could encircle the earth at a distance of 1m away from the equator at all points. (do NOT search on Internet)

2. The track coach at Aardvark High plans to make 8 lanes each 1 meter wide on the running track.
The track measures y meters along the inside curb.
The track has straight parallel sides and semicircular ends.
If the runners in a race lined up at same spot and stayed in their own lanes throughout the race, they would not run the same distance.

To make a

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1.Suppose a belt tightly stretched about the equator of the earth just fits. How long a piece should be inserted so that the belt could encircle the earth at a distance of 1m away from the equator at all points. (do NOT search on Internet)

2. The track coach at Aardvark High plans to make 8 lanes each 1 meter wide on the running track.
The track measures y meters along the inside curb.
The track has straight parallel sides and semicircular ends.
If the runners in a race lined up at same spot and stayed in their own lanes throughout the race, they would not run the same distance.

To make a

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