How long is a piece of string?

Answer 1

It depends how far apart the ends are.

Answer 2

The answer to this is 'it depends on the size of your ruler.' That is not a flippant answer. There are similar questions such as what is the length of the coast line of Britain. You could just put your string down on a table and use an ordinary rule. But if you had a smaller ruler you could follow the twist of the string threads and your piece of string would be longer. If you had an even smaller rule you could follow the twists and turns of the twists and get an even longer length. And if you had an a ruler much smaller than that ....etc etc.
Such repeating patterns are known as fractals and their study, known as fractal geometry, has become an important area of maths. This is because, if you think about it, straight lines and smooth curves rarely occur in nature. Fractal geometry is proving to be a better method to study such things. Also, it brings up the question of is there an ultimate level of smallness? It is not zero. If you think of a very small number, you can divide it by 2 (say) and get an even smaller one. Mathematicians get round this dilemma by saying 'tends to zero' and this concept is use in calculus for example.

Answer 3

string has to actually have a length think about it is a natural element, therefore if we used it to make a really long piece of string then that would be at its max.

however any length before that would be dependence on the needed of the user or the makers, or the amount of raw supples.

Answer 4

To be precise 14 characters (letters) plus a question mark.

But can I ask?
Is that from end to end? and is it folded? are their any knots in it?

As you can see the answer is quite conditional. Would you like to give any further help, clues, etc. is it made from the kind of material that shrinks when it is washed, particularly after it has been measured????????????????

Are there any other strings attached to the question????

MAYBE I could say it depends on the size of the letters that you are using!!

Answer 5

That really easy to find out depending on which language you use but the general syntax will be:

string.length("piece of string");
or
strlen(piece of string);

Answer 6

If we know the diameter of the bundle of the string (Outer diameter and the bobbin diameter), the diameter of the string, we can estimate the number of turns, and calculate the length of the string.

Answer 7

Twice the distance from the centre

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Just remember there is no string.

Answer 10

String has no length.