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I my experience, there are quite a few kids at the high-school level who
-- are strongly attracted to the wrong analysis,
-- are not convinced by the correct qualitative argument, and
-- are not even convinced by a detailed mathematical analysis.
So the questions for today are
*) Why do people have a hard time with this riddle?
*) What can be learned from this family of mistakes?
*) In what other circumstances might people be tempted to
make similar mistakes? What are the warning signs?