In article <ds0v50himqspueer4hpaqu3m4nniqll2e0@4ax.com>,
 Oldstench <sry### [at] nocom> wrote:

> ><Snip lots of stuff I do not understand><
> 
> Well, no one has ever accused me of being a math wiz, and this answer
> has certainly proven that! I can not follow your answer. But thanks
> anyway!

Well, I tried...what part(s) didn't make sense?

Anyway, I was thinking of a three sided pyramid...four triangular faces 
including the base. If you're doing a four sided pyramid, consider the 
fact that the top sphere and two opposing corner spheres form a right 
triangle, with the two equal sides being equal to twice the radius of 
the spheres. The height of the top sphere is the altitude of this 
triangle. Through this, you can figure out that the distance of each 
sphere from the center of the base is sqrt(2)*sphere radius (using the 
Pythagorean rule).

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