Sunday, August 14, 2011

OFF-CENTER WHEEL

Lolinsan looked at the piece of wood before him. It is a 10” diameter round, flat piece he wanted to use as a “wheel” in his art lesson homework. Alas! While drilling the center hole (1” diameter) , he sneezed, and the hole is way off-center (although, luckily, still within the “wheel” – the center of the hole is 3” away from the center of the wheel).

And then, revelation! Willy cuts the wheel into two parts, glued them again, and got a perfectly centered hole in the wheel. How did he do it?


Note: assume lolinsan has in his possession a magical cutter that cuts with zero width, and magic glue that can glue pieces with zero distance between them.

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