A gift as a problem
- The box above is as wide as it is high as it is long.
- OK, uncle, but what is inside it?
- What is the angle between the two yellow strings?
- Is it a toy?
- Each string bisects a face of the cube.
- Then they must make 45 degrees each. The answer is 90 degrees.
- It doesn’t look like 90 degrees to me.
- May I shake it to find out what’s inside?
December 12th, 2008 at 3:18 am
If Uncle had a bit more yellow string, he could connect the two opposite corners on the top to make a yellow equilateral triangle and see the answer instantly.
But then, maybe the extra yellow string is what’s in the box.