• Baggins [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    What would you do as the side length of the base approaches the diameter of the Earth

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      Stop? Somewhere around 1/3 of the diameter for a 45deg sloped pyramid, adding more layers would start projecting off the sides, offering no additional support for the new layer. Drawing a teardrop shape with a perfectly circular head and perfectly tangential tail with be the same as a cross section of this planet/pyramid