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Junior Mathematical Olympiad

Netherlands geometry

Problem

Tim has exactly six meters of iron wire. He cuts the iron wire into a number of pieces, in such a way that each piece is an integer number of meters long. From each of those pieces, he makes a circle. Then he stacks those circles perfectly vertically balancing on top of each other. A possible front view is shown in the figure to the right.
problem
How many possible heights can his structure have?
Solution
1
Final answer
1

Techniques

Distance chasing