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Subject: Re: Polar paradox
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Date: Tue, 31-Dec-85 08:46:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 31 08:46:00 1985
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> Here's a new one: a practical joker tampered with the Great Explorer's
> gyrocompass, so it points 45 degrees off.  The Great Explorer thinks
> he's going due north on his way to the North Pole, but he's really going
> due northwest!
> 
> Will he reach the North Pole anyway?  (Geographers keep out of this one!)

I was wondering: if he was flying, starting from 0 degrees lat, 0 degrees
long, how many miles would he travel to get to the North Pole using the
tampered compass, if he indeed gets there?  It would be easier if one
assumed the earth was a perfect sphere.

Wayne Wylupski                   ...!{ihnp4,ima}!inmet!ada-uts!wayne