How long is a piece of string?
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Well, duh, even the Romans knew that X=10, not 5. I bet your dad’s friend flunked Latin, too!
Let S = the length of the string.
Therefore the answer is S.
Q.E.D.
Unless you’re talking about an ancient shaftment, which is 1.65 fists. Fun online conversion calculator here.
I’m a bit pessimistic. I was thinking, “How short is a piece of string?”
My father always defined “piece of string” as “long enough to use as a miscellaneous camping tent tie.” Anything else, was scrapped and thrown away.
It works for me.
But it is a few degrees off center, and out of round at that.
Too long for a micrometer, too short for a theodolite to measure.
If I may ask a question. I think what most people want to know is how long is a piece of string if it’s on a treadmill?
Other than that I got nothing
Arrange the string in a circle, measure the diameter (D) of the circle.
Your string is Pi x D Long. True for all string, if I remember my High School Geometry right.
Guys, it’s not the length that matters, it’s the width.