Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/142 - Economy in String
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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $142$
- Economy in String
- Owing to the scarcity of string a lady found herself in this dilemma.
- In making up a parcel for her son, she was limited to using $12$ feet of string, exclusive of knots,
- which passed round the parcel once lengthways and twice round its girth, as shown in the illustration.
- What was the largest rectangular parcel that she could make up, subject to these conditions?
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Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $142$. -- Economy in String
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Solid Geometry Puzzles: $313$. Economy in String