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a rope around the earth

Have a guess! (brain teaser)
Imagine pulling a rope around the globe (which is a perfect sphere) and tensing the rope tight. Now you add 10 meters to the rope and distribute the rope around the globe so that it is equidistant from the globe (see sketch above).
➽ What is the distance x between the globe and the rope?
➽ Do you think it is enough height for a fly to crawl down through?

Answer:
In the calculation above you can see that the distance is 1,59 m!!

And the astonishing point is: You can do the same with an orange (fruit) and it will give the same result!!
Well, mathematically not really remarkable, but imaginatively it's astonishing! :-)

... and there is an additional point that you may have noticed: on the globe above GB is missing. So the Brexit also is solved! ;-))
Due to several complaints I have reinserted the British Isles. ;-))

By the way:, have you also noticed that longer texts are no longer completely translated by the translator?

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polytropos said:

I replaced the sketch and added GB and Ireland! ;-)
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… said:

1,57 m! That is astonishing! =O
5 years ago

polytropos replied to Sami Serola (inactiv…:

Yes, it is!
And the most astonishing fact is, that it is the same result with an orange! :-)
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Sami Serola (inactiv…:

You could have created A and B options to similarly give answers to wrong and right choices ;-)

And then the first question page should of course be public.

Anyway, here's an fiction story, which you may find interesting. Follow the signs! ;-)

www.ipernity.com/doc/serola/46626226
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to polytropos:

So, if I add 10 meters on the rope tightened around an orange, it then after the addition is 1,57m away from the orange surface?! Astonishing indeed! =O
5 years ago

polytropos replied to Sami Serola (inactiv…:

Yes, good idea! I'll think about, when I'll have a little more time. :)

Yes, interesting link! I'll have a look later on :)
5 years ago

polytropos replied to Sami Serola (inactiv…:

Exactly!! :-)
5 years ago

Daniela Brocca said:

Warum sollte man so was tun, frage ich mich? :-))
5 years ago

polytropos replied to Daniela Brocca:

Daniela, aus Freude an Gedankenexperimenten :-))
5 years ago ( translate )

Eva Lewitus said:

Nobody mentions the poor fly!
Why should it want to crawl down, or through?
5 years ago

polytropos replied to Eva Lewitus:

Eva, this is only a distraction to mislead the reader concerning the dimensions :-)
No animal were harmed during the thought experiment. :)
5 years ago

Herb Riddle said:

Oh dear, my head hurts a little -maybe because of the maths or perhaps it is the disappearance of the country that I thought I was residing in :)
5 years ago

polytropos replied to Herb Riddle:

Herb, I'm terribly sorry about the unlucky disappearance of your homeland, but it was a quick hand sketch I had to draw from memory! But as you can see I replaced the sketch with a completed version :-)
Concerning the math: it may looks a bit complicated, but it's only a simple circle calculation. :)
5 years ago

Boarischa Krautmo said:

super Zeichnung, dafür einen Stern.
das Problem habe ich mir erlaubt symbolisch zu lösen ;-)

CCI 000014
5 years ago ( translate )

Berny said:

Wirklich sehr erstaunlich....und originell. So lustig kann Mathe sein ;-)
5 years ago ( translate )