document.write( "Question 1131087: The cuboid shown below is made of
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The gold will be melted down to make
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\n" ); document.write( "The cuboid shown below is made of
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"V=20%2A25%2A40\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The gold will be melted down to make solid right triangular gold wedges as
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I managed to find missing information:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a=0.03m=3cm\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"H=0.10m=10cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"V%5B1%5D=base%2AH\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "your base is a triangle with all three sides different length
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the area of a \"base=sqrt%28+p%28p-a%29+%28p-b%29+%28p-c%29+%29\" where \"p\" is half the perimeter, or \"%28a%2Bb%2Bc+%29%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "find \"p=+%28a%2Bb%2Bc+%29%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p=+%283%2B4%2B5+%29%2F2\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"base=sqrt%28+6%286-3%29+%286-4%29+%286-5%29+%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"base=sqrt%28+6%283%29+%282%29+%281%29+%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"V%5B1%5D=6%2A10\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What is the maximum number of gold wedges that can be made from the
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"V%2FV%5B1%5D=20000cm%5E3%2F60cm%5E3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"V%2FV%5B1%5D=2000%2F6\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"V%2FV%5B1%5D=333.3333333333333\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=>the maximum number of gold wedges that can be made from the
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