A steel pipe is embedded in the concrete floor of a bare room, as shown below. The inside diameter is 0.06" larger than the diameter of the ping-pong ball (1.50") that is resting at the bottom of the pipe. You are one of a group of six people in the room, along with the following objects:

List as many ways as you can think of (in five minutes!) to get the ball out of the pipe without damaging the ball, the tube, or the floor.

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