UPstairs DOWNstairs

Geometry Level 1

Where is the top step of the stairs located?

On the right side Cannot say maybe anywhere On the left side The stairway is an impossibility

Arpit Dhimanj by Arpit Dhimanj , 23, India

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6 solutions

Anuj Shikarkhane
Jul 9, 2014

Look at the figure closely. If you locate any top step you will see that it is being followed by more steps which are greater in height. This process will go on and on. So, the answer is 'The stairway is an impossibility'.

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The idea for this stairway was from the work of the Dutch architect and artist M.C. Esher, and it is not a Stairway to Paradise by Frank Sinatra.

David Harold Chester - 2 years, 11 months ago
Mohammad Farhat
Aug 10, 2018

OPTICAL ILLUSION!! AN ILLUSION

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Simple. You don't need to locate the top stair. Just follow the path and you'll see that your eyes are going into damn loopty- loops that'll make you feel dizzy.

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when you see the stairway and you begin on the lower right, there is stairs up, then up more stairs , up more stairs , up more stairs and you get where you start . The process is repeated always, so the stairway is an impossibility

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Nathan Rh
Jul 23, 2014

Look at the Image and use your hand and cover each side and once you do that, you see that it keeps on moving up and it doesn't end

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Christine Nguyen
Jul 17, 2014

All steps are always followed by more steps. This staircase is pretty much endless.

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