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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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| Comment 6 of 11 |

(In reply to Question by Bractals)

The way I read the question is that all four coins touch each other like a deformed polyomino.

Otherwise, your idea would allow solutions of potentially infinite area.

Posted by Brian Smith on 2016-01-31 09:29:51

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