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  2. String girdling Earth - Wikipedia

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    String girdling Earth is a mathematical puzzle with a counterintuitive solution. In a version of this puzzle, string is tightly wrapped around the equator of a perfectly spherical Earth. If the string should be raised 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) off the ground, all the way along the equator, how much longer would the string be?

  3. File:String girdling Earth.svg - Wikipedia

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    String girdling Earth: Image title: Visualisation of the String girdling Earth puzzle showing that the length added to the circumference (cyan) is dependent only on the additional radius (red) and not the original circumference (black), by CMG Lee. Width: 100%: Height: 100%

  4. Talk:String girdling Earth - Wikipedia

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    I.m.o. logic doesn't affect the intrinsic mathematics of the puzzle, which is the fact that the circumference of a circle is 2 Pi times the radius. That is the essence of the puzzle. Ask any mathematician or logician whether this is a logic puzzle or a mathematics puzzle. The essence of the matter is a geometric property, not a logical one.

  5. Genshin Impact - Wikipedia

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    The player may freely explore an open-world map. Here Aether, the male Traveler, is seen gliding, but the player can switch to other party members. Genshin Impact is an open-world, action role-playing game that allows the player to control one of four interchangeable characters in a party. [4]

  6. Napkin ring problem - Wikipedia

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    Suppose the radius of the sphere is and the length of the cylinder (or the tunnel) is .. By the Pythagorean theorem, the radius of the cylinder is . Finding the measurements of the ring that is the horizontal cross-section.

  7. List of impossible puzzles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of puzzles that cannot be solved. An impossible puzzle is a puzzle that cannot be resolved, either due to lack of sufficient information, or any number of logical impossibilities. Kookrooster maken 23; 15 Puzzle – Slide fifteen numbered tiles into numerical order. It is impossible to solve in half of the starting positions.

  8. File:String girdling square.svg - Wikipedia

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  9. Disentanglement puzzle - Wikipedia

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    A complex Baguenaudier puzzle. The goal is to free the string. The "mini rope bridge puzzle". The goal is to remove the two rings. (solution shown). Wire-and-string puzzles usually consist of: one piece of string, ribbon or similar, which may form a closed loop or which may have other pieces like balls fixed to its end. one or several pieces of ...