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Subject:	Re: Post RLD Fest confirmed @Twickenham 11 August 10am
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.uk
Date:	Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:29:18 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Mark Palmer writes: > > > Chloe says thanks to those who donated silver bricks for her pyramid > > project, which is now 32 bricks high, 64x64 square. Answers on a • postcard > > please for how many 2x4s are needed, excluding internal bracing, for • such a > > structure. > > 560 > > Mark (whoose pyramid is only ~20 bricks high with no bracing) I believe the formula you should be using is h*(h-1) 2x4s plus 1 2x2 where h is the height of the pyramid in bricks so the answer for a 32 high is 992. (Huw: Please imagine this message is a postcard!) HTH, Phil in Yorkshire (still sorting)

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		Re: Post RLD Fest confirmed @Twickenham 11 August 10am
(...) h (...) Excellent, thanks Phil. I did what turns out to be a similar calculation, and got just over 1000, but I think yours is more mathematically correct. Huw (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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		Re: Post RLD Fest confirmed @Twickenham 11 August 10am
(...) postcard (...) such a (...) 560 Mark (whoose pyramid is only ~20 bricks high with no bracing) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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