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    • challenge question 2

    michael quinlan (mquinlan@k12s.phast.umass.edu)
    Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:37:34 -0500

    We found our answer to be 23,629 km/hr. We took the circumference of the
    earth at the poles 39,776 km and divided it by 101 minutes. We then
    multiplied that by 60 and got our answer=23629 km/hr.

    Melissa Plumadore
    Smith Vocational H.S.
    Northampton, MA 01060