Airplane Circumnavigation Distance · CAP 2000 #21

Physics · mechanics

Problem

An airplane circumnavigates the globe by flying above the equator and at a constant altitude above sea level. If the plane repeats the journey but flies at an altitude which is 1000 m higher than before, how much larger a distance through the atmosphere does the plane travel as compared to the first time? (a) 6.283 km (b) 62.83 km (c) 628.3 km (d) 6283 km

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