What's the Right Answer?

Eratosthenes (276 BC), the Greek mathematician and astronomer who was the first to calculate the circumference of the Earth

​2 Corinthians 10:5

On today's Creation Moments broadcast, we're going to give you a little quiz, so put on your thinking cap!

Picture in your mind that our planet is as smooth as a billiard ball and is exactly 25,000 miles around at the equator. Now picture a 25,000-mile-long circle of rope lying on the ground that completely encircles the planet. Here's the puzzle: If you wanted to lift this unstretchable rope to a height of one foot all around the Earth, how much rope would you need to add?

What's the right answer? Would you need to add more than ten miles of new rope? Would just a mile be enough? Less than a mile?

Most people say they would need to add more than ten miles of rope or only a mile. But hardly anyone ever gives the correct answer that less than a mile of rope is required. Even more surprising is that only six point two feet of new rope is required to lift the whole rope one foot high! Though this may be hard to believe, to arrive at the correct answer, use the mathematical formula for determining the circumference of a circle – 2 π R.
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So why does nearly everyone get it wrong? Because people are prone to say what seems right without thinking it through. That's why Christians, especially students, need to approach such topics as evolution with a thinking mind that chooses the right answer over the popular answer.

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