[boldslogan]

Okay fine! :)

but to clarify: -you take three regular plastic coke bottles

-put them in an equilateral triangle

-make the length of a side from center of the bottle slightly longer than a knife

-take three identical knives and create a platform that can hold a regular cup of water

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Wait..by typing it out like this.. I think I solved it haha. Thanks for the brain tickle!

[teruakohatu]

> distance between the bases of the bottles

I read this as the distance between the edge of the bases, not center. In which case the only solution would be [spoiler]