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The ball pit

Post author By Rik D. Tangerman
Post date June 9, 2023
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Two rectangles contain 6 congruent circles. The common rectangle side passes through the top centre. What’s yellow : red?

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Solution

Yellow : red = 1 : 1.

Solution to the 10-ball problem by Burkard Polster.

Two rectangles contain 6 congruent circles. The common rectangle side passes through the top centre. What’s yellow : red? https://t.co/CQtaPwqnee Inspired by @Mathologer pic.twitter.com/yeFSF2rMMh
— Mirangu (@Mirangu1) June 9, 2023

Tags area, circle, proportion, rectangle

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There is a nice article by Burkard Polster:

https://www.qedcat.com/misc/stacks.pdf

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