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005 = Airplane Stacks and Backpack Hacks

A Problem Squared

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How to Solve a Problem in a Three-Dimensional Space

Air traffic controller Rob asks how many planes can fit in a radius of five nautical miles and 1,000 feet high. CNN's John Defterios crunches the numbers to come up with an answer. "I like the restrictions they've placed on it," defterios says about air traffic controllers' problem-solving skills.

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