A pile of 10 marbles forms a triangular prism there are 6 marbles in the base layer 3 in the middle layer and one in the top layer. each marble has a radius of 1 cm. what is the height of the pile of marbles?

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ikram002p · Answer

is the marbles hase spherical shape ??

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

I can't figure out how they would stack - how much of the radius of each sphere would get "cut off" by resting on a base of 3....

ikram002p · Answer

will , @AllTehMaffs  the qs is quit tough coz im trying to imagin how to form this shape !! i mean u  can form Tri pyramid from 10 sphere but i couldnt imagin  
triangular prism formed from 10 sphere.

anonymous · Answer

good point - I think it's impossible to form a prism with that number of marbles....

anonymous · Answer

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