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Breaking glass (Posted on 2005-06-30) Difficulty: 2 of 5
You have a square glass panel with 24 cm sides and a ring with 5 cm internal diameter.
Cut the glass in 4 identical pieces such that you can slide them through the ring.

See The Solution Submitted by Hugo    
Rating: 3.0000 (8 votes)

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re: No Subject | Comment 11 of 17 |
(In reply to No Subject by Josh70679)

some characters didn't show up in my solution, so here's the equation (~= means 'almost equal'):

  • 3cm x sqrt(2) ~= 4.245cm < 5cm

  Posted by josh on 2005-07-01 21:06:15
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