Theories, Problems, Solutions :: Balls on a Shelf

Two balls lie on next to each other on a shelf. If one ball has a radius of 8 inches and the point of contact is 10 inches above the shelf, what is the radius of the second ball?

Posted to:

Geometry

Comments

Post a comment

Re: Balls on a Shelf

by Anonymous on Sun 28 Sep 2008 11:33 AM EDT | Permanent Link

13.333

they used empirical geomtry at Stonehenge too!

http://www.solvingstonehenge.co.uk/page3.html

Trackbacks

TrackBack URL:
http://wtf.blogharbor.com/blog/_trackback/1101326

Weblogs that reference this article:

Velvet Pants Leggings For Women
Weblog:	Martina Weser
Excerpt:	Balls on a Shelf
Posted:	Tue Aug 15 14:13:17 EDT 2006

Tightest Pussy
Weblog:	Beatrice Stampbach
Excerpt:	Balls on a Shelf
Posted:	Wed Aug 16 18:57:04 EDT 2006

Post comment:

	Receive comment notifications for this article
Subject:
Comment:

Comment verification:

Please enter the text you see inside the graphic to post your comment:

You are not currently logged in. If you would like your user information to be displayed with your comment, please enter your login information below.

Username:
Password:

If you would like to post contact information on your comment, please enter your information into the optional fields below:

Contact information:

Name:
URL:		example: http://yourdomain.com
Email:

Please note: email will not be displayed on the site, only for the blog owner. If logged in, URL will only be used.

Syndicate this category

RSS Newsfeeds

Main Page RSS

Geometry RSS

Links

Direct Relief International

Greg Hartnett

Médecins Sans Frontières