Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the earth by


Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the Earth by noting that the Sun is at an angle of 6A° south of the vertical in Alexandria at the same time of day and year that it is directly overhead in Syene,400km directly south of Alexandria. Find the circumference of the Earth from these data.

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