Can you make a hole in a thing bigger than the thing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPIRLQZnRNk
Interesting, Publisher, Matt Parker (Standup Maths), Video, YouTube
Matt answers the question:
What is the largest single hole one can carve out of a pumpkin without the pumpkin collapsing?
Or put another way, can you pass a pumpkin through a hole cut in itself?
Matt then looks at Rupert Polyhedra.
1 November 2021 Edit: 1 November 2021
- Topics:
- Space and Geometry, 3D Shapes
- Content Type:
- Interesting, Publisher, Matt Parker (Standup Maths), Video, YouTube
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