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Heya, this is my first post, I hope it isn't too hard :rofl:
Alright, the problem goes like this. I put a sphere into a box to be shipped somewhere, it fits perfectly into the box and the sphere has a radius R. Now I have 8 styrofoam spheres that are placed on the corners of the box, find the largest radius that these 8 styrofoam spheres can be.
I drew a little diagram, it's only a front view of what the inside would look like because I can't draw all that well in 3D...
http://douglas.flooda.us/Images/problem.jpg
I really have no clue how to approach this problem, so any help will be nice! ^^
Alright, the problem goes like this. I put a sphere into a box to be shipped somewhere, it fits perfectly into the box and the sphere has a radius R. Now I have 8 styrofoam spheres that are placed on the corners of the box, find the largest radius that these 8 styrofoam spheres can be.
I drew a little diagram, it's only a front view of what the inside would look like because I can't draw all that well in 3D...
http://douglas.flooda.us/Images/problem.jpg
I really have no clue how to approach this problem, so any help will be nice! ^^
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