String Girdling Earth Calculator

String Girdling Earth

The famous "String around the Earth" puzzle

The Puzzle

If you wrap a string tightly around the Earth and then want to raise it 1 meter off the ground everywhere, how much extra string do you need? Surprisingly, the answer is 2π meters (~6.28m), regardless of whether you're girdling the Earth, a basketball, or a grape!

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