Riddle of the sphinx, mystery of the pyramids, secret of Area 51, and role of kayfabe in pro wrestling – finally grokked
[1]The Great Pyramid, accounting for erosion, reaches a height of 454 feet. The Pyramid of Menkaure, accounting for erosion, reaches a height of 224.683512 feet.
In the language of Euclid, the Pyramids are geometrically similar solids. The difference in their weights is 14.5 million tons.
Based on the information given, find the weight W of the Pyramid of Menkaure.
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The correct answer to last week’s puzzle [4] was S = 669,484,800 miles per hour based on C = 186,000 mi/sec.
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