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4 cents (Posted on 2014-09-12)

Place four pennies on a table such that each touches at least one other.

For what arrangement will the area of the convex hull of this shape be maximized?

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(In reply to Question by Bractals)

Ha! Absolutely! That's why I went with minimizing instead. Minimizing is independent of the size of the table, assuming the table top is bigger than a few unit radii.

Posted by Steve Herman on 2016-01-31 09:10:38

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