
032 = Mountains, Molehills and Mates
A Problem Squared
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The Ultimate Packing Technique
The biggest mountain in the solar system is Olympus Mons on Mars. And it has an angle of repose of under five degrees. So how wide is this mountain? It would be just over 600 meters from side to side. You never get dirt with more than a 45 degree angle if it's just being piled up and slumping. That's like the maximum.
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