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This is a hands-on demonstration. Try it and see! When you pack coins so that each touches 6 neighbors, note this "hexagonal close pack" pattern fits the coins into a smaller overall area.
Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
by Hewitt, Paul G.
Published by
Addison-Wesley
ISBN 10:
0321909100
ISBN 13:
978-0-32190-910-7
Chapter 12 - Think and Do - Page 241: 27
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