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Chemistry Problem

PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:46 pm
by Sanchit
Q..You are given marbles of diameter 10mm. They are to be placed such that their centres are
lying in a square bound by four lines each of length 40mm. What will be the arrangements of
the marbles in a plane so that maximum number of marbles can be placed inside the area?
Sketch the diagram and calculate the number of spheres per unit area. :?: :?