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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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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2022-07-31 22:17:08
Simplest form of correct answer	Ken Haley	2005-08-03 04:42:41
Solution	Antonio	2003-11-23 02:00:28
the resting sphere	Lug	2003-10-14 14:00:44
re(2): Resting Sphere (The rest!)	abc	2003-09-21 22:40:33
re: Resting Sphere (The rest!)	Denis Cronin	2003-09-21 21:05:13
Resting Sphere (The rest!)	Denis Cronin	2003-09-21 20:59:00
Resting Sphere Not the solution after all!	Denis Cronin	2003-09-21 19:06:22
Resting Sphere Solution	Denis Cronin	2003-09-21 18:49:33
Silly error	RoyCook	2003-09-19 14:15:54
nothing new	Lee	2003-09-15 03:00:54
just a thought	greg	2003-09-14 10:42:04
re: Anyone	SilverKnight	2003-09-14 03:02:38
Anyone	gabbo	2003-09-14 02:36:11
My solution	gabbo	2003-09-14 02:31:03
re(2): What I came up with	abc	2003-09-13 19:21:51
re: What I came up with	Charlie	2003-09-13 16:37:59
What I came up with	abc	2003-09-13 15:51:16
solution	Charlie	2003-09-13 13:31:48

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