Thread: Blocks of wood puzzle?

Four identical blocks of wood are placed touching a table in the positions shown.

How high is the table?

Originally Posted by Natasha1

Four identical blocks of wood are placed touching a table in the positions shown.

How high is the table?

let the height of the table be , and the height and width of the
blocks be and respectivly.

Then we have:



and



Now add the two equations:



so:

cm

RonL

Simply a genius you are RonL, simply genius! Thanks a million :-)