When you buy it, you must be given a certain length, you know, consumers rights and stuff.
How unfair would it be if your mate got 30cm more string!
2007-03-30 04:18:19 · 16 answers · asked by Cookie_Monster_UK 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
You - or someone else - asked exactly this same question last week.
What are you trying to to find out? What kind of string? For what application? Who goes out and buys a piece of string anyway? Most people buy a spool of string or a package of string. The length is given by the manufacturer. Generally, the manufacturer will provide at least as much string as the package says but not less. So if you buy 50 ft. of string you can be reasonably assured that you will get 50 ft or 51 ft or maybe even 55 ft, but not 48 ft.
So what is it that you are asking?
2007-03-30 04:28:59 · answer #1 · answered by dogsafire 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I present workshops for schools on astronomy and space exploration, and one of my activities involves a piece of string.
I have one of the pupils hold an inflatable Earth, which is about 8 inches in diameter. Then I give another pupil an inflatable Moon, and ask them to stand at what they think would be the correct distance from the Earth if it really was that size. Once they are happy with the distance they have chosen, I give them a sign to hold up which says "I think it's here"!
I then ask the rest of the pupils if they think the distance is correct. Usually they don't, so I ask a third pupil to stand at the right distance, guided by the rest of the class, and I give this pupil a sign which says "We think it's here"!
I then tell them that the real distance to the Moon is about 250,000 miles, and the distance around the Earth's equator is about 25,000 miles, so the distance to the moon is 10 times the distance around the Earth.
Now here comes the string, because I wind some string 10 times around the Earth and then pull it out straight. Ususally, the other end is quite some distance past where everyone thought the Moon would be, and it gives them a really great impression of the true scale of space.
I finish up by saying that when someone asks "How long is a piece of string?", they can answer "From the Earth to the Moon" :)
If anyone is interested in finding out more about my activities, please contact me.
2007-03-30 07:39:49 · answer #2 · answered by Questor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The length of a piece of string is always: the distance between its two ends when the two ends are furthest from each other
You can change the length of a piece of string by cutting some off; although theoretically possible to increase the length of string by sellotaping another piece to the end, this seriously undermines it's ability to perform its useful function any more.
2007-03-30 04:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by cornwall_seo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as consumer rights and stuff is concerned: it will say on the label what length of string you're buying.
2007-03-31 12:28:32 · answer #4 · answered by trewornan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, no, you see it all wrong.
You and your mate got the same thing: A piece of string.
The product matches the description - no problem there.
And more isn't always better, as the select few who've ever had a parking ticket can testify.
2007-03-30 04:29:09 · answer #5 · answered by mgerben 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to be longer than an inch and a quarter. Anything shorter is a "stringette."
2007-03-30 12:50:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
twice half it's length
2007-03-30 04:24:32 · answer #7 · answered by chillipope 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
22.4 Metres
2007-03-30 04:25:19 · answer #8 · answered by DickyNowItAll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
twice as long as half
2007-03-30 04:43:37 · answer #9 · answered by CLAIRE H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that depends on how much you cut off
2007-03-30 04:22:51 · answer #10 · answered by Weed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋