How to mathematically hang a picture (badly).

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Watch Jade's original video on Tom Scott's channel "How Knot To Hang A Painting".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eVd2Ugk9BU

Jade's channel is over here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSIvk78tK2TiviLQn4fSHaw/

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Send in your solutions for hanging a picture badly! matt+picturehanging@standupmaths.com

We have Think Maths resources for any teachers who want to use this as an activity in their class.
http://think-maths.co.uk/standupmaths-videos?yt-picture-hanging#picture-hanging

You can buy my book which has this puzzle in it:
https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/signed-paperback-things-to-make-and-do-in-the-fourth-dimension

CORRECTIONS
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