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032 = Mountains, Molehills and Mates

A Problem Squared

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How to Measure a Mountain

A mountain made out of molehills is a thousand feet high. It would need about 200 bags of dirt to make it 100cm wide. But that's not how it works, because the molehill isn't big enough to slump on an angle of 60 degrees. We've got to get a polystyrene cone and we've got a stick to the molehills to the outside. You ever see a mountain in an advertising commercial? That's how it's done. They just stuck moles to the styrofoam core.

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