If you built a perfectly level jetty, starting at the shore and going out to sea, presumably its end would get higher and higher above sea level the longer the jetty was. Assuming the Earth is uniformaly spherical, (which it is not), how high above sea level would the end of the jetty be if the jetty was, say, 50 miles long? Or, how long would the jetty have to be for the end to be 1,000 feet above sea level?
2006-07-04
02:03:20
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