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SOLUTION TO “HOW LONG IS THE RUBBER BAND?”
Puzzle found in
The straight lines are 10 cm x 3 cm.
the October issue.
All the curves will be exactly the circumference of a circle, which is 2 x 5 x 3.14159 = 31.4159 cm.
Thus the total is 61.4159 cm.
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Who Remembers Their 10th Grade Geometry?
Al Bjork of Toledo Screw Machine Products in Rockford, Ill.; Graham Anderson of Deka Batteries in Lyon Station, Pa.; David Smith of
Electroswitch Electronic Products in Raleigh, N.C.; Fred Messmer of BIG Kaiser in Hoffman Estates, Ill.; Donald W. Mast of Federal Broach
& Machine Co. in Harrison, Mich.; Adam C. Doughty of Worthington Armstrong Venture in Colubus, Ohio; Dan Miller of Iten Industries in
Ashtabula, Ohio; John Schmitz of Orscheln Products in Moberly, Mo.; Mark Rippy of Proto Laminations Inc. in Santa Fe Springs, Cal.; John
Mandel of Point Technologies in Austin, Texas; Jim Lawrence of Precision Piece Parts, Inc. in Mishawaka, Ind.; Lee St James of Conquest
Machine in Las Cruces N.M.; Lee Baker of Surface Manufacturing Inc. in Auburn, Cal.; Larry Rode of Dorner Mfg. Corp in Hartland, Wis.; Mark
Schramm of Lockrey Manufacturing in Toledo, Ohio; Ron Cvar of Harman Products, Inc. in Brookfield, Wis; Joe Norris of Technobox, Inc. in
Lumberton, N.J.; Frank Dunlevey of Brush Wellman Inc. in Mayfield Heights, Ohio; Paul T. Prikos of X-L Engineering Corp. in Niles, Ill.; Randy
Grezenski (sorry Tom) of Pointe Precision, Inc. in Plover, Wis.; Gary Brown of Heule Tool Corp. in Cincinnati, Ohio; Pat Abbondanza of AA
Precisioneering Inc. in Meadville, Pa.; Frank Gorman of Astro Met, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio; John W. Smith of Smith Consulting in Burlington,
Iowa; Tim Stolar of Superior Diesel, Inc. in Charleston, S.C.; Daniel Horn of Contour Wire EDM in Elmhurst, Ill.; Jim Brown of Apogee
Machining Services, Inc. in Salem, Mass.; Steve Ciocci of Apex Gear & Machine Co. in Newark, N.J.; Lucien Peebles of Peebles Machining
in Stockton, N.J.; Lon Adamietz of Bergman Machine in Minneapolis, Minn.; Ronald Korczynski of Erie Engineered Products, Inc. in North
Tonawanda, N.Y.; Eric Rueb of Northrock Industries, Inc. in Medford, N.Y.; Monique Foster of All Pins Mfg. in Wilseyville, Cal.; Tanner Mayhew
of Vektek, Inc. in St. Joseph, Mo.; Ray Frattone of Jesel Inc.; Paul Kovatchev in Troy, Mich.; Ken Morgan of Perfecto Products, Inc.; Orvie Smith
of Regenco; Jason S. Habib of Hi-Tek Manufacturing, Inc. in Mason, Ohio; Herman Niekamp of Niekamp Tool Co. in Kingston, N.Y.; George
Stringe of Highland Service in Frederick, Col.; Jerry Goldlust of Dielectric Sciences, Inc. in Chelmsford, Ma.; Brian Rychcik of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.; Kevin Albright of Gear Headquarters in Kansas City, Kan.; Pat Muscarella of PLM Teknologies, Inc.; Karl A.
Reuther, II of Reuther Mold in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; Paul Stinedurf of Montague Latch Company; Alexandra Dankert of Global Shop Solutions
in The Woodlands, Texas; Rick Kosarchuk of J.W. Done Corp. in Hayward, Cal.; Jim Riddell of Baker College in Flint, Mich.; Duane Steele of
Wallace Steele Co. Inc. in Nam Lake, Minn.; Bob Goulding of Seco Tools Inc.
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