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Two ways up (Posted on 2002-05-05)

A tower, 200 feet high, has an elevator inside it, and a spiral stairway winding its way around the tower at a constant 30 degree angle with the horisontal.

Given the tower's radius of 10 feet, what is the difference between the distance covered by a person going up in the elevator, versus one climbing the stairs?

See The Solution Submitted by levik

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Subject	Author	Date
No Subject	sam	2019-03-01 03:51:25
answer	K Sengupta	2007-05-15 04:17:24
does spirality matters?	Detti	2004-10-06 12:04:19
xclent Q	prashant	2004-03-30 06:14:27
Solution	Antonio	2003-08-24 04:05:48
Not Completely Possible	Drew Skau	2003-08-20 14:19:05
hahahaha	theBal	2002-05-07 12:48:26
Again	Angela	2002-05-07 07:25:17
Answer	Angela	2002-05-07 07:23:01
Correction	nate	2002-05-07 05:27:07
Sorry Richard :)	nate	2002-05-07 04:07:14
Two Ways	Richard Gorman	2002-05-06 14:08:18
Re: Answer	levik	2002-05-06 10:49:13
Answer	Angela	2002-05-06 09:03:10

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