Re: Brick wall: find the distribution
From: Michael Jørgensen (Joergen_at_SoftHome.net)
Date: 06/28/04
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:34:06 +0200
"phil" <pfreedenberg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Imagine a 2-D brick wall of arbitrary extent in which each brick
> rests on the 2 bricks immediately beneath. A weight W
> rests on the center brick of the top course. If each brick transmits
> forces equally to the 2 bricks immediately beneath, how is the weight
> distributed at the bottom of the wall, which is n courses high?
> Ignore the bricks' own weight.
Sounds like Pascal's triangle.
-Michael.
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