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Cigarettes

It is possible to place 7 cigarettes in such a way that each touches the other if $l/d>7\sqrt{3}/2$ (Gardner 1959, p. 115).


References

Gardner, M. The Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26