There is a perfect sphere of diameter 100 cms. resting up against a perfectly straight wall and a perfectly straight floor.
What is the diameter of the largest sphere that can pass through the gap between the wall, floor and the sphere ?

(In reply to re: What I came up with by Charlie)

Yes, I'm sorry, I completely forgot that the perimeter of the smaller circle doesn't touch the corner of wall and floor!

Well, I thought I can still solve it, but as I don't know how long the sides of the smaller square are, it's not possible to determine the diameter of the smaller circle.
Must be your solution then, Charlie. I agree.

It's still funny I made that stupid mistake. 8)
And now my grammar becomes sloppy. *sigh*

Edited on September 13, 2003, 7:23 pm

Edited on September 13, 2003, 7:23 pm
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Posted by abc on 2003-09-13 19:21:51