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Can a person walk through a sheet of paper?



Using one piece of paper and a pair of scissors, can you make a hole in the paper that is large enough to walk through? Try to figure it out before reading the solution.

Resources

1 sheet of A4 paper
scissors
pen

Instructions

Try to find a way to cut the paper so you can fit through before looking at the solution.




Solution:

Fold paper in half (width-wise is easiest).

Cut a slit in the paper, starting from the folded edge until you almost reach the other end.
Make sure you don't cut through the edge of the paper.

Alternate along your paper, cutting from the folded edge and then cutting from the unfolded edge.

Make sure the end cut also starts from the folded edge.

Cut along the fold, between the first and the last cuts (see image)

Open it up. It should be one big circle!

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