Monday, February 16, 2009

The Coin Paradox

We have two identical coins. And we roll the one on the left halfway around the other coin, so it rotates without slipping against the other coin, so that it ends up on the right of the other coin. It has rolled over a length of only half its circumference, and yet it has made one complete rotation. If it started right side up, then it ended right side up. Does that make sense? Think about it.

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