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Hemanth in Street Science

Jan 16, 2022

The staircase paradox: A staircase with a base of 4 centimetres (cm) and height of 3 cm. There are two stairs, each with a length of 2 cm and height of 1.5 cm. Is the total staircase length equal to 5 cm or 7 cm?

Can You Really Solve The Staircase Paradox?

What appears to be 7 Cm long is actually 5 Cm long! Or is…

16 responses

Hemanth in Street Science

Jan 3, 2022

The Thrilling Story Of Calculus

Starring Isaac Newton, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Abraham…

5 responses

Hemanth in Street Science

Jan 25, 2022

How To Really Eliminate The Staircase Paradox?

You are likely underestimating the mathematical finesse behind this paradox!

13 responses

Hemanth in Street Science

Jan 21, 2022

Why is 9² special? — Image with the question “1/9² = ??”

Why is 9² Special Among Squares?

(1/9²) = (1/81) = [0.012345679012345679…] — And the rabbit hole goes…

8 responses

Hemanth in Street Science

Jan 4, 2022

Puzzle: Shortest Road Connecting 4 Cities. The image has 4 points: bottom left: A, bottom right: B, top right: C, and top left, D. The points together form a square that has a side length of 1 Km.

What Is the Shortest Road Connecting 4 Cities?

I would bet against your intuition on this one!

6 responses

Hemanth in Street Science

Jan 11, 2022

How To Use Mathematics To “Guess” Someone’s Age

Math + Wizard + Party = Win!

Hemanth in Street Science

Jan 22, 2022

How To Solve The Dartboard Paradox?

This paradox brings conventional probability theory to its knees!

13 responses

Hemanth in Street Science

Jan 9, 2022

A stick figure image with dark clouds on top. As rain pours down, a stick figure walks on the left and a stick figure runs on the right. There is a red, circled question mark at the centre. Question: Should you walk or run in the rain?

How To Use Science To Answer: “Should You Walk Or Run In The Rain?”

I wish I had known this when I was…

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Hemanth in Street Science

Jan 6, 2022

The Strong Law of Small Numbers

Truth is most effective when it is delivered with humour!

2 responses

Hemanth in Street Science

Jan 10, 2022

How To Solve The Doubling Puzzle?

This puzzle surprisingly has many real-life applications!

The Doubling Puzzle: On the left two unhappy sheep stand before one patch of grass. Ten days later, the two sheep seem happy and are standing before two patches of grass.

2 responses

February 2022

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