{"id":902,"date":"2018-02-19T12:07:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=902"},"modified":"2018-03-01T11:49:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:49:05","slug":"how-many-holes-does-a-straw-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/02\/19\/how-many-holes-does-a-straw-have\/","title":{"rendered":"How many holes does a straw have?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-889\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw021918-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-889\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw021918-8-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw021918-8-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw021918-8.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How many holes does a straw have?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A great question that can really start a huge debate! Some argue there are two holes because of both openings, some argue there are no holes at all. However, if you take the straw and squash it into a disc, you\u2019ll see that there is actually only one hole. This question can be answered mathematically through Topology, which you can see in this Forbes article (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/strawhole\">bit.ly\/strawhole<\/a>) or find more information about Topology in the stacks! (QA611 .M82 2000)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great question that can really start a huge debate! Some argue there are two holes because of both openings, some argue there are no holes at all. However, if you take the straw and squash it into a disc, you\u2019ll see that there is actually only one hole. This question can be answered mathematically &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/02\/19\/how-many-holes-does-a-straw-have\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How many holes does a straw have?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-riddles","tag-straws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}