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Old 05-20-2005, 11:58 AM
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Default Re: interesting math problem
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Any 12-sum will have a sum of 12C + xA, where C is the smallest gear, A is the above constant and x is some number. In addition, each gear has the weight C + xA.

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You're using the same x for both the sum and for an individual gear, as far as I can tell, which is problematic.
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