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A big thank you to Claudio Baiocchi who suggested this month's riddle as
another follow-up to
the October riddle. Further references for this riddle
will be given on the solution page.
In the country of Mathematica, post offices have parcels shaped like tetrahedra, rather than boxes. The price of sending a parcel is proportional to the sum of the six sides of the parcel. Is it still true that it is not possible to place a higher-priced parcel inside a cheaper parcel? If not, what is the highest-priced parcel that can fit into a parcel that costs x to send? Prove your answer. NB - This month solvers are encouraged, but not mandated, to provide a solution for simplexes in any dimension. |
List of solvers:Radu-Alexandru Todor (14 December 09:40)Dan Dima (21 December 00:41) |
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