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Resting Sphere (Posted on 2003-09-13)

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 ?

See The Solution Submitted by Ravi Raja

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My solution

| Comment 5 of 19 |

I got this
17.15728752538099023966225515806... cm

Posted by gabbo on 2003-09-14 02:31:03

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