How long is a piece of string?
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Why do people use that saying when they actually mean that things are difficult to determine? What's so difficult to determine about a string's length? Straighten the string, measure the distance from one end to the other. Simple, right?
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Answer:
<>Actually, the phrase is indicating that there is not enough information to arrive at an answer to the problem. By asking "How long is a piece of (unknown length) string?" one is indicating that they do not the knowledge required to solve the problem.
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Half the length, doubled is the definitive answer.
Lick_My_Toad
because every piece of string is a different length so who can say how long a piece is
Jane S
easy when you need it to tie up something:- not long enough when its in a mess, stuffed with knots - way too long
Mark J
Depends what your gonna use it for. If it's for physics, it would be infinite.
noTpoOdLE
They're just stringing you along!
»»» seagull «««
It all depends from the point of view. Cut the string...measure...stretch the string if it stretches...measure....not the same as at first. See what I mean?
How long is a piece of string? That is difficult to determine? It's easier to say How long is a piece of string though because it has less letters!!
libbyft
No its not because a piece of string is this long ..............
Powerpuffgeezer
its double the length from the middle to the end ... as someone else said .. i actually had this as a question in my mock gcse maths exam!!
jizzumonkey
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