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>This Ma Bell puzzle reminds me of the one about the buckling bridge...
>If a bridge is made of a]]> Nov 6, 1996 2:59:47 AM Nov 6, 1996 2:59:47 AM dkuhlman@IDEA.uml.edu 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1083185&tstart=0#1083185 that if Ma Bell did the same thing to the circumference of every]]> Nov 6, 1996 2:42:47 AM Nov 6, 1996 2:42:47 AM pat_ballew@ccmail.odedodea.edu 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1083184&tstart=0#1083184 If a bridge is made of a single piece of material exactly one mile]]> Nov 6, 1996 12:56:05 AM Nov 6, 1996 12:56:05 AM cbiehl@UDel.Edu 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1083183&tstart=0#1083183 it passes correctly the sanity check, where is the problem?

Juan]]> Nov 5, 1996 4:08:45 PM Nov 5, 1996 4:08:45 PM jvilar@iti.upv.es 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1083182&tstart=0#1083182 test. This comes from CPM geometry.

A 1000 foot metal bridge is]]> Nov 5, 1996 1:56:01 PM Nov 5, 1996 1:56:01 PM bdomroy@iepsnet.com 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1083181&tstart=0#1083181 add 8' at each point? Your math was impeccable but your answer does]]> Nov 5, 1996 9:37:17 AM Nov 5, 1996 9:37:17 AM mfried1@earthlink.net 1 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1083180&tstart=0#1083180 original sphere....it could be the size of the earth as in the]]> Nov 5, 1996 7:23:45 AM Nov 5, 1996 7:23:45 AM mabbotta@belnet.bellevue.k12.wa.us 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1083179&tstart=0#1083179

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On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, mfr1 wrote:

> Ma Bell want to place a telephone cable around the equator. She adds]]> Nov 4, 1996 8:05:03 AM Nov 4, 1996 8:05:03 AM lipp@educ.umass.edu 0