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The Circular Table
A lady has an expensive table and wants to find the exact middle of the table. How does she do this without making any marks on the table?
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The lady gets a piece of paper the size of the table, then she folds the paper in half in both ways. She puts a dot right where the two folds meet. That is where the middle of the table is!Hide Answer Show Answer
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How about a tape measure?
Take a string, wrap it around the table. Divide its length by pi, then 2.
Super Easy!!!!
Did'nt like that much.
Did'nt like that much.
I like Sane's way better...
Come to think of it, you can find the middle of any item without having to mark it in any way.
The solution doesn't work for all shapes of tables, e.g. a triangular table. The question should be revised to read "a square table" or "a circular table" or whatever.
Oh, I'm stupid, I just noticed it says "A circular table" in the title.
tape measurer duh just a long one so u dont mark it.
This is easier than constructing a large circle of paper. Take two squares of paper. The width is fine if it approximates half that of the table. Fold both squares down middle forming rectangular halves. Unfold one square. Take one side that is divided by the fold and place that side's corners at the very edge of the table. Do the same with the other square, placing it so the fold lines of the two sheets of paper cross. The point where they cross is the center of the table.
Nice.It should be square.
it would be even easier to buy a table which is the exact same and mark stuff on that
i said use tracing paper and make marks on that
How would you get a piece of paper as large as the table?
Why would she WANT to find the middle of the table?
Everyone saying "a tape measure", that wouldn't work because you wouldn't know with precision if you were measuring its diameter. You could be off-center.
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