Difference between revisions of "1956 AHSME Problems/Problem 5"

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A nickel is placed on a table. The number of nickels which can be placed around it, each tangent to it and to two others is:

$\textbf{(A)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 8 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 12$

Arranging the nickels in a hexagonal fashion, we see that only $\boxed{\textbf{(C) }6}$ nickels can be placed around the central nickel.

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 ==Solution==
-Arrange the nickels in a hexagonal fashion. One can see that one can only place <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C)} \quad 6}</math> nickels around the central nickel.
+Arranging the nickels in a hexagonal fashion, we see that only <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C) }6}</math> nickels can be placed around the central nickel.
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