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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