how many surfaces does a mobius strip have??

Question

EXPLAIN??

Answer 1

It has only one continuous face I think as you can run a finger around it and get to where you started without removing the finger from the strip.

Answer 2

AHA! The common misconception!!! Woohoo!
OKAY! So, everyone here has been telling you that a mobius strip has only one side right?? WRONG! This can NEVER possibly be true! What they all over looked is the mobius strip's second side.
Let me skip to something that may seem a little unrelated.
Pretend that you are just one atom tall. You are standing on a desk and infront of you is a piece of paper. Can you simply walk onto the paper? NO! Becuase the paper is millions of atoms tall. It does in fact have thickness. It is not a 2 dimensional object. If it were 2 dimensional you couldn't pick it up. Now you must see a piece of paper as having 6 sides, which it does.
So while the mobius strip is amazing in having so few sides, it in fact has two. NOT one. The second side is the thickness. It is a very thin but long side.

Answer 3

ONE surface...that's the magic! Create a long strip of paper, give it a turn and glue the ends together...to test Moebius' principle, place the paper strip on a hard surface, take a pencil, place it somewhere on the strip and draw the strip through while the pencil makes its mark. Magic--you'll find your pencil-line meeting itself once you've gone around the strip...proving that the strip has but one side.

Additional fun: cut the strip in half lengthwise [starting by puncturing the middle of the strip to admit the scissors, then start cutting until you meet where you started cutting]. SEE what results!

You'd get a lot more scientific explanation if you tried Wikipedia for "Moebius" ...also Moebius bottle [clay or ceramic pot that has only one surface but is still a container].

Architects have always loved the Moebius principle..and one modern architect [Rem Koolhas] has used it in his buildings. Check it out!

Answer 4

One surface.

Answer 5

one