[TR] length of string - long

[Brits'n'Pieces (Eric Frenken)]

This really surprised me, as I was nearly sure that the 'earth string' would
have been closer. They both have the same distance, don't they?

Eric
Heinsberg/Germany
http://brits-n-pieces.com

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Subject: [TR] length of string - long

Off the string subject, but here's one:  If there is a string tied tight
around a basketball, and a string tied tight around a sphere the size of the
earth, and if you add a little over 3 feet of string to each one (the
basketball string and the earth string), and if you evenly space the string
around each object, Which is closer?  The distance from the string to the
basket ball, ~or~ the distance from the string to the earth.
  If you follow all of that, you'll be surprised at the answer.