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Now I have seen silly, but this takes the cake.
I think I will believe the results, rather than check the math.
Who knew!!! More than that, who cared!!!!
>
>
> OK, somebody sent me on a wild goose chase, but I have the answer to the
> stupid question:
> "If you could peel the grooves off a record, how long would the groove
> be?"
> (Excel Spread Sheet to the rescue.)
>
> 360 degrees in a circle
> 33.3333 RPM
> ~19 minutes of listed playtime
>
> 633.27 grooves = (360 x 33.3333 x 19) / 360
>
> 11.375 = Starting diameter in inches
> 5.0 = Ending diameter in inches
>
> .010065794 Space between grooves = (11.375 - 5.0) / 633.27
>
> - Take the starting diameter and calculate circumference.
> - Do the calculation again but subtract .010065794 from the diameter
> of the previous calculation.
> - Do the above 633 times and add up all the circumferences.
> - Then divide (the circumference summation) by your favorite unit of
> measure
> (Feet, or Miles).
>
> Inches Inches
> Groove Diameter Circumference.
> 1 11.37500000 35.73561643
> 2 11.36493242 35.70398820
> 3 11.35486484 35.67235997
> 4 11.34479726 35.64073174
> --- etc, etc, yadda, yadda, ---
> 630 5.04249287 15.84145856
> 631 5.03242529 15.80983033
> 632 5.02235771 15.77820210
> 633 5.01229014 15.74657387
>
> Total Inches 16294.113
> Total Feet 1357.8427
> Total Miles 0.25716719 (just over 1/4 mile)
>
> Now you can claim bragging rights and impress your friends at a Trivia
> game,
> but you'll have to put up with the argument of having too much time on
> your hands.
> I did that for you...
>
> I'm done now.
> Duke
>
> Sent from my good old dinosaur desktop.
>
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