rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) (07/22/88)
In article <892@wucs2.UUCP> jps@wucs2.UUCP (James Sterbenz) writes: >[...] I suspect that any regular polygon with an ODD number of sides >couldn't fall into the hole. Think about trying to rotate a triangle or >pentagon to fit! A circular cover is just easier to manufacture >(kinda like a polygon with an infinite number of sides :-). Nonsense -- a manhole cover (ignoring the holes through it) has five sides, the top, bottom, edge, outside and inside! Time to quit. Rich