"rw" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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Nope. You're recklessly "assuming" again.


We'll see.


The problem statement doesn't state that the rope has to stay positioned
over the equator


Nor does it include the option of any movement other than verticle. So?

Evidently, your German heritage compels you to believe that anything not
expressly permitted is forbidden.

Ah! The Germans are behind this! Well, I might have guessed it.

Anyway, you were going to tell me what Joe wrote?

Wolfgang