Three pentagram-shaped stars (the stars formed from the diagonals of a regular pentagon) are stacked up so that the bottom two ends of the tips touch the middle ends of the tips of the star below. (See diagram.)

The distance from the top of the stack to the floor (where the bottom star's "feet" rest) is 4 feet.

What is the distance between the bottom two ends of the tips of the stack that touch the floor?

 The distance  between the bottom two ends of the tips of the stack that touch the floor is approximately 0.542793195 feet.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2007-05-16 13:09:28