Challenges

=Can you complete any of these challenges?=


 * __1. ROPE AROUND THE EARTH__**

Imagine a rope pulled tight around the circumference of the earth! We now lengthen the rope by 1 metre and position it uniformly above the earth. What is the gap between the earth and the rope? Will a mouse fit under it?

Are you surprised by the result?

Which Mathematician first proposed this problem (he died in 1752)?