Question

Suppose that, while lying on a beach near the equator watching the Sun set over a calm ocean, you start a stopwatch just as the top of the Sun disappears. You then stand, elevating your eyes by a height H = 1.70 m, and stop the watch when the top of the Sun again disappears. If the elapsed time is t = 11.1 s, what is the radius r of Earth?

Answer 1

this physics?

Answer 2

yep

Answer 3

Wrong group.

Answer 4

physics is mathematics in disguise...it is applied mathematics

Answer 5

your in the wrong group :p

Answer 6

oh but there is a physics group that you can join.

Answer 7

yeh i know...its a bit slow sometimes...

Answer 8

oh I understand.

Answer 9

Why did you give me a medal?

Answer 10

well i already got the answer for this question in physics and now somebody will try and answer it like 10 hrs later

Answer 11

Idk this stuff.

Answer 12

so have to give somebody a medal

Answer 13

Well thanks anyway.

Answer 14

np

Answer 15

I'll give you a medal too.

Answer 16

yay soon i will be a general with all these metals

Answer 17

Great!