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imported_truzoom

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I think some of you guys will get a kick out of this..



Alright, say you are on the East coast, maybe in Virgina.



There is a road that goes straight West all the way to California; no turns, no curves, just straight.



You are sitting in a car facing West on that road.



It's summertime and the sun is starting to set.. let's say 9PMish.



How fast would you have to drive to reach California at the moment when the sunset there is the same as the sunset you left in Virginia?



Any answer is appreciated, but if you can spit out some actual numbers then that is great.



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791.3 MPH.

Assuming the sun sets at exactly 9pm, on both coasts, you have 3 hours to cover 2374 miles (Richmond to Sacramento)

2374/3=791.3 MPH.

Then again, in an avergage 17 gal tank, your also going to have to get 139.6 miles per gallon, and hold your pee for 3 hours!

Thats either right on, or I just made an arse out of myself by falling for a trick question.....
 
LOL Patrick.



I was hoping for more people to answer!



I really don't know what the answer is, but I'm really interested in seeing how people figure it out.



Yours seems right enough, but I've had some people try to figure in the fact that the earth isn't flat so you use the circumference of the earth and its speed of rotation...



:think:
 
truzoom said:
LOL Patrick.



I was hoping for more people to answer!



I really don't know what the answer is, but I'm really interested in seeing how people figure it out.



Yours seems right enough, but I've had some people try to figure in the fact that the earth isn't flat so you use the circumference of the earth and its speed of rotation...



:think:
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What? How does that change the distance traveled?

I guess I could modify my answer be checkin the almanac for exact sunsets in Richmond and Sacramento.....(sunset arrives 1 minute earlier in Sac) So you would really have 2 hrs and 59 minutes instead of 3 hours.
 
The rotational speed of the earth wouldn't matter as you aren't leaving the surface of it. The same goes for the curvature of the earth.
 
791.3 MPH.

Assuming the sun sets at exactly 9pm, on both coasts, you have 3 hours to cover 2374 miles (Richmond to Sacramento)

2374/3=791.3 MPH.

Then again, in an avergage 17 gal tank, your also going to have to get 139.6 miles per gallon, and hold your pee for 3 hours!

Thats either right on, or I just made an arse out of myself by falling for a trick question.....
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So some sort of super hybrid that can sustain close to 800 MPH and get 140 MPG. I am calling Honda right now!! LOL!! So....to make this even more fun....which wax/sealer would give the least amount of drag to help the car reach that MPH?
 
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