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The mathematician laughed at the others and with his design, beat the others. What did he do?

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A farmer challenges an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to fence off the largest amount of area using the least amount of fence.

The engineer made his fence in a circle and said it was the most efficient.

The physicist made a long line and said that the length was infinite. Then he said that fencing half of the Earth was the best.

The mathematician laughed at the others and with his design, beat the others. What did he do?

posted Jan 3, 2015 by Vrije Mani Upadhyay

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The mathematician made a small fence around himself and declared himself to be on the outside.

answer Nov 1, 2017 by Mogadala Ramana



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