Personal Comment: Most of this is a lie (and pretty scary) but the math should work out OKAY.
Telephone Wires Enigma
What we know: In front of Eric Saltsman's house (maker of these enigmas), there are two telephone poles (each 25 feet tall) separated by a distance of 27 feet. The wires that are going across are 30 feet long, therefore the wires sag down a little. Eric uses these wires to connect to the internet. Say someone with a small step ladder wanted to cut the wires with a pair of scissors to stop him from updating the fourth dimension web site. When he is on the ladder, he can reach his scissors to 10 feet above the ground. It is not high enough to cut the wires which around a foot or two feet.
Enigma: If it were possible to, how close would you have to move the telephone poles together before this crazed lunatic can cut the wire?
Solution:
They would have to be right next to each other.
The wires would have to sag 15 feet to be 10 feet from the ground and since the wire is 30 feet, the wire needs to go straight down then straight up.
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