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So do not even suggest thisThis question may be a rip-off ofis not the same as Adding coins inside a ring of coins

From a pile of equal size perfectly round coins take eighteen and make a perfect ring. Show that you can fit at least sixteen more coins inside the ring.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Please, do so without resorting to a computer, without "lateral thinking" and without referencing http://packomania.com/ or friends.

Note: The intended solution is pretty symmetric. The task is mostly about proving that it works.

So do not even suggest this question may be a rip-off of Adding coins inside a ring of coins

From a pile of equal size perfectly round coins take eighteen and make a perfect ring. Show that you can fit at least sixteen more coins inside the ring.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Please, do so without resorting to a computer, without "lateral thinking" and without referencing http://packomania.com/ or friends.

Note: The intended solution is pretty symmetric. The task is mostly about proving that it works.

This question is not the same as Adding coins inside a ring of coins

From a pile of equal size perfectly round coins take eighteen and make a perfect ring. Show that you can fit at least sixteen more coins inside the ring.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Please, do so without resorting to a computer, without "lateral thinking" and without referencing http://packomania.com/ or friends.

Note: The intended solution is pretty symmetric. The task is mostly about proving that it works.

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So do not even suggest this question may be a rip-off of Adding coins inside a ring of coins

From a pile of equal size perfectly round coins take eigtheeneighteen and make a perfect ring. Show that you can fit at least sixteen more coins inside the ring.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Please, do so without resorting to a computer, without "lateral thinking" and without referencing http://packomania.com/ or friends.

Note: The intended solution is pretty symmetric. The task is mostly about proving that it works.

So do not even suggest this question may be a rip-off of Adding coins inside a ring of coins

From a pile of equal size perfectly round coins take eigtheen and make a perfect ring. Show that you can fit at least sixteen more coins inside the ring.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Please, do so without resorting to a computer, without "lateral thinking" and without referencing http://packomania.com/ or friends.

Note: The intended solution is pretty symmetric. The task is mostly about proving that it works.

So do not even suggest this question may be a rip-off of Adding coins inside a ring of coins

From a pile of equal size perfectly round coins take eighteen and make a perfect ring. Show that you can fit at least sixteen more coins inside the ring.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Please, do so without resorting to a computer, without "lateral thinking" and without referencing http://packomania.com/ or friends.

Note: The intended solution is pretty symmetric. The task is mostly about proving that it works.

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Eighteen is not seventeen

So do not even suggest this question may be a rip-off of Adding coins inside a ring of coins

From a pile of equal size perfectly round coins take eigtheen and make a perfect ring. Show that you can fit at least sixteen more coins inside the ring.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Not a solution because twelve is not sixteen.

Please, do so without resorting to a computer, without "lateral thinking" and without referencing http://packomania.com/ or friends.

Note: The intended solution is pretty symmetric. The task is mostly about proving that it works.