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Halliday, Resnick & Walker — Measurement: Problem 58
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. In Jules Verne’s classic science fiction story (published as a serial from 1869 to 1870), Captain Nemo travels in his underwater ship Nautilus through the seas of the world for a distance of 20,000 leagues, where a (metric) league is equal to 4.000 km. Assume Earth is spherical with a radius of 6378 km. How many times could Nemo have traveled around Earth?
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Given: . In, 4.000 km, 6378 km
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Fundamentals of Physics Extended · 12th Edition
Author: Halliday, Resnick & Walker
Publisher: Wiley
Chapter: Measurement