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Question #1: consider eratosthenes's experiment to measure the size of the earth. suppose the earth were a smaller planet -- but the sun were still directly overhead in syene at noon on the summer solstice, and it was still 500 miles from syene to alexandria. would the shadow of the stick in alexandria at noon on the summer solstice have been longer, shorter, or the same as it was on our earth? briefly explain your reasoning.

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