I ran into a brain-teaser once, that had me baffled for hours (I won't say
how many). Finally, I called my sister, the Rocket Scientist ("actually,
we're not _Rocket_ scientists" - That's a quote from her husband) and asked
her.She and Paul spent a few minutes on the problem, figured it out, but it was such a trivial answer they threw it away. Since I'd spent so long on the Question, I gave her about a week and then I called back. Luckily they'd not taken out the trash, so she easily found their notes and read them to me. I won't spoil it for you 'crafters. Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456 Problem: An alley has a 20-foot ladder across it, in the left lower corner and leaning on the right wall. There also is a 30-foot ladder, from the right lower corner leaning on the left wall. The laders cross at 10 feet high. How wide is the alley? Usual conventions: alley is all right angles, ladders have no thickness nor bends, blah blah blah... This should make some juices flow out there. Just simple geometry, or is it? PS: Iteration is cheating. Sorry Issac. <snip> the responses would be far more interesting than merely "looking up" the answer </snip> _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
