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Well Balanced Letter: F (Posted on 2007-05-16) Difficulty: 4 of 5
A letter F is composed of 6 unit squares and two rectangles of unit width as in the figure:

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Find the lengths of the two rectangles such that the center of gravity is at the center of the middle square.

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Some Thoughts Well Balanced F Extension | Comment 7 of 8 |

The big F below is a generalization of the original F.  Rectangles A and B are 1 by 1 squares.  Rectangles C and D are 1 by x.  Rectangle E is 1 by y.  Rectangle F is 1 by z.

+----------------+
| A|      E      |
+--+-------------+
|  |
| C|
|  |
+--+-----+
| B|  D  |
+--+-----+
|  |
|  |
|  |
| F|
|  |
|  |
+--+

Like the original, the big F is to have its center of gravity at the center of rectangle D.

Solving for this F is just like the original F, just more variables.  Remarkably the lengths of y and z are both equal to (2x + 1 + sqrt[8x^2 + 16x + 9])/2


  Posted by Brian Smith on 2009-02-10 13:23:14
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