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Two items to get sqrt of 2 (Posted on 2016-07-19)

Evaluate an approximate value of sqrt(2), using a sneaker and a stopwatch only.

Source: Mark Levi's "Why Cats Land On Their Feet?"

See The Solution Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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re: another way(s)

| Comment 3 of 5 |

(In reply to another way by Charlie)

Both yours and jer's answers provide feasible ways of solving the problem. Please compare with the original suggestion, which can be easily used for evaluation of sqrt(3), or sqrt(5),

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2016-07-26 04:36:06

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