This is very clever!
This is very clever!
Originally shared by Jennifer OuelletteHow do you determine the direction a bicycle went when you come upon just its tracks? The question goes back to the early days of the bicycle age and a 1903 Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called “The Adventure of the Priory School.” Surprisingly, Holmes's reasoning in the story was incorrect. http://www.simonsfoundation.org/multimedia/mathematical-impressions-bicycle-tracks/![](http://www.simonsfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/magic-fields-2/thirdparty/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=http://www.simonsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bicycletracks_thumb.jpg&w=200&h=200&iar=1)
Mathematical Impressions: Bicycle Tracks | Simons Foundation
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