[TR] length of string - long

Andrew Uprichard auprichard at comcast.net
Tue Nov 20 04:18:40 MST 2007


The distance is 3/(2*pi) in both cases.

circumference = pi * d

circumference + 3 = pi * d + 3
      = pi * (d + 3/pi)

The diameter increases by 3/pi regardless of the starting diameter.

But don't ask me to set my SU carbs.................

Andrew

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[mailto:triumphs-bounces+auprichard=comcast.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Brits'n'Pieces (Eric Frenken)
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:40 PM
To: 'Kent Shrack'; triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] length of string - long

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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[mailto:triumphs-bounces+lists=brits-n-pieces.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Kent Shrack
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:03 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
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.
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