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005 = Airplane Stacks and Backpack Hacks

A Problem Squared

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How Many Layers Can I Fit in a Cylinder?

The 1,000 foot high cylinder is made up of circles that are 9.26 kilometers across. If you divide the height by the height of the aircraft, you can fit in 24 layers of aircraft with just enough room for gaps between them all. Like a cake. I've left room for icing between each layer. They've got just over 20 centimeters between eachlayer. That's loads of space.Yeah, that's loads of cream. Yeah, please.

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