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This is a typical/classic Fermi question (see www.physics.uwo.ca/science_olympics/events/puzzles/fermi_questions.html). Learners will have to think about the shoes that are not on display – the ones kept ‘out the back’ – and also hoarders who have hundreds of pairs of shoes even though they have only one pair of feet!

 

 

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