See The cat's question:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApZo01JFGON920IYeGRPJUHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071213163311AAyMl2Z&show=7#profile-info-AA12298210
Assuming that Earth is 8,000 miles in diameter and rotates 24 hours a day, and disregarding gravity, if Bart skates frictionlessly from the north pole to the equation via a straight tunnel, how fast will he be going by the time he exits the tunnel? Acceleration will be due to centrifugal force of the spinning Earth, and you may simplify the problem by also disregarding coriolis forces outside of the plane of the tunnel and center of the earth.
2007-12-14
04:03:37
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