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String around the Cylinder (Posted on 2002-08-09)

A cylinder 90 cm high has a circumference of 24 cm. A string makes exactly 5 complete turns around the cylinder while each of its two ends touch the cylinder's top and bottom respectively.

How long is the string?

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Subject	Author	Date
answer	K Sengupta	2007-05-04 12:22:30
Nice	bob909	2004-09-13 03:08:21
Solution	Antonio	2003-09-03 12:37:36
Solution	Lawrence	2003-08-27 20:16:52
Pythagoras	Adam Sisco	2003-08-21 11:07:21
The soup can label	TomM	2002-08-09 14:28:41

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