Disc-ness of cylinders
- Author:
- Judah L Schwartz
- Topic:
- Cylinder
A coin is a disc, and an uncooked piece of spaghetti is a cylinder.
If you think about it, however, a coin is also a cylinder and an uncooked piece of spaghetti is also a disc.
Most people would say that the coin is more disc-like and the spaghetti more cylinder-like.
Can you devise a measure of disc-ness that allows you to order cylinders in order of disc-ness ?
What question could / would you put to your students based on this applet ?