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When the sun was directly overhead in Syene, why wasn't it directly overhead in Alexandria?
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When the sun was directly overhead in Syene, why wasn't it directly overhead in Alexandria?

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The sun wasn't directly overhead in Alexandria when it was in Syene because since they are 800 km away from each other and the earth is round, a shadow of a vertical pillar is cast in Alexandria

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