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ThudnBlunder
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What is the radius of the smallest circular plate on which a pie with unit radius will just fit, as below?
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balakrishnan
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Re: A Slice of Pie
« Reply #2 on: Jan 21st, 2009, 2:21am » |
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That is for t<= /2
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Re: A Slice of Pie
« Reply #3 on: Jan 21st, 2009, 2:35am » |
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True. Is it really still a slice of pie if it's bigger than that, though? /2 <= t <= : r=sin(1/2 t) <= t: r=1
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Re: A Slice of Pie
« Reply #4 on: Jan 21st, 2009, 6:56am » |
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If you just add the case for t=0, you will have a complete solution.
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