Cool Contest But No Answer

Calculations based on false premises don't mean much.




First of all I disagree with 17 columns. It's a very fuzzy area on the right top of the structure so it's hard to count the number of columns. I drew a level line from the top of the shortest column (granted the photo itself is not necessarily leveled). Still, I marked with a check mark a coin in the tallest column which is about level with the top of the shortest one, plus or minus one. It is the 20th coin from the top. Since they added one extra coin for each column I estimate that there are between 18 and 20 columns in the structure.

Second, the red up-and-down arrow represents the height of about 20 coins. I copied and pasted it a few times, and now it looks like the tallest column is comparable to 80 coins rather than 100. Of course there's perspective and such, so I offer only estimations, not assertions.

Very true.

The point of my original post was to show it was not very difficult to figure out. Given an accurate number of columns and height will yield accurate results using the same approach.

Eagle eyes for sure!