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Cards In A Circle (Posted on 2014-02-09)

What is the radius of the smallest circle that can enclose all 52 non-overlapping cards of an ordinary deck of playing cards? And what is the configuration of the cards?

Assume cards are perfect 5 by 7 rectangles.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Danish Ahmed Khan

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My reckoning

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10 across the centerline 9 above all vertical

Rows of 6, 4, 2 horizontal

Mirror below.

r = sqrt(699.25) = 26.4433

My best so far.

Posted by Jer on 2014-02-11 00:51:23

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