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		dalke on May 27, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How far can you overhang blocks? I think it was in Halliday and Resnick. I remember doing it in my high school physics class. We used the 3rd edition of that book, which was from 1979.

wtallis on May 27, 2013 [–]

I've found it in both the second edition and the seventh, both asking for just the 4-block case.

dalke on May 27, 2013 | [–]

Nice research!

Then that means my memory is wrong. Fallible is the mind. :)

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