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Math Puzzles of the Month: May 2003
A Tennis Ball Container

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You have a cylindrical container just big enough to hold 3 tennis balls. Now you want to make a label for the container and you have to decide whether to wrap the label around the cylinder, or up the side. Which direction is longer?

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