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The magician hands the viewer three large paper rings, each made by gluing the ends of a long paper strip together. The viewer cuts the first ring along the middle of the ribbon with scissors until they return to the starting point, resulting in two separate rings. Cutting the second ring in the same way, he gets, to his surprise, not two rings, but one, which is twice as long as the original one. Finally, cutting the third, he again gets a startling result: two rings interlocked with each other.

The result of this trick depends on how the ends of the tape were closed before gluing. Our first ring was obtained by simply connecting the ends of the tape without twisting. The second ring (called a Möbius strip) is obtained by joining the ends of a strip twisted once through 180°. One of the most curious properties of this surface, which has only one side and one edge, is that by cutting it along the middle, we get a large ring, but if you cut it not in the middle, but at a distance of one third of the width from the edge, then you get two rings: one large and a small one linked to it. The third ring was obtained by cutting the tape, the ends of which were twisted twice before gluing, that is, by 360 °.

In another version of the trick, the ring is cut into two separate rings, one of which, when cut in the middle, also turns into two separate rings, and the other into one large one. The original method of making a ring for such a trick is shown in fig. 4, and its improvement is shown in Fig. 5. Some kind of quick-drying glue is used to glue the ends.

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The method of preparing a paper tape, in which, after two cuts, a chain of three interlocked rings is obtained, is shown in Fig. 6.

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If the ring is made as shown in Fig. 7, then after the first tearing (cutting) a large ring will be obtained, the size of which is twice as large as the original one, and the second tearing will give a ring four times longer than the original one.

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Another option is shown in Fig. 8, the first tearing gives one large ring, and the second - two linked:

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You can think of other combinations. For example, after breaking the ring shown in Fig. 9, two separate rings are obtained. Breaking one of them gives a chain of three rings, tearing the other - one big ring. This last ring can be broken again, and an even larger ring will be obtained:

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If you pass the three times twisted ribbon through the ring, glue the ends, and then cut or tear along the middle, you get one large ring with a knot tied around the ring.

Author: M.Gardner

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