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Find the distance that the Earth travels in one day in its path around the Sun. Assume that a year has 365 days and that the path of the Earth around the Sun is a circle of radius 93 million miles.

I'm doing precalc review for a calc class and I don't know how to solve this.

Thanks in advance!

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    Okay, if it takes 365 days to travel $2\pi\times 93\text{ million miles}$, then it takes 1 day to travel ______. Fill in the blank. (Hint: ratios)2011-09-19
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    x/1 = (2pi * 93,000,000) / 365?? so x=1600921.188?2011-09-19
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    Good work. :) $\text{}$2011-09-19
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    ratios are awesome! thanks :)2011-09-19
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    @J.M. You should post the hint as an answer. :)2011-09-19
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    @Sri: Dunno, I'm thinking it might be a good idea for KubaSub to try to write his solution in his own words. (For instance, where did I get the $2\pi\times 93$ million miles? KubaSub should answer that himself, if he truly understood what I did there.) ;)2011-09-19
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    Well somebody should post *something* as an answer!2011-09-19
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    @The Chaz: Done.2011-09-19
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    Very late, but since this has gotten bumped: There's no justification for carrying the answer to greater accuracy than $1\,600\,000$ miles, since the _earth's radius_ is a few times larger than $921$ miles. Carrying the answer to three decimals (an asserted accuracy of a few feet) is comical.2016-01-17

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