Spiderman Wins with Geometry
02:09 - 03:58
1m 49s
In order to beat Dr. Strange, Spiderman uses geometry. He notices an Archimedes spiral and lists some geometric terms such as squaring the radius, dividing by Pi, and plotting points.

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