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Two eggs any style generalizing egg-drop experiments

Recreational Mathematics Magazine
Volume 12 (2025): Issue 20 (June 2025)
By: Harold R. Parks and  Dean C. Wills  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rmm-2025-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2182-1976
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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 18
Published on: Jun 26, 2025
Published by: Ludus Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Related subjects:
Mathematics,
General mathematics

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