Can You Answer these 40 History Questions?
34. Approximately how many miles would you have to travel to get to the center of the Earth if you dug a tunnel straight down?
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The simple, quick answer is 3,958.8 miles – the mean radius of the Earth in miles. In other words, if you dug a tunnel straight down, you’d reach the center of the Earth after going 3,958.8 miles, and then you’d need to go another 3,958.8 miles to reach the opposite side of the planet.
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34. Approximately how many miles would you have to travel to get to the center of the Earth if you dug a tunnel straight down?
- ~3,000
- ~4,000
- ~1,000
- ~2,000
