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If a ball is rolled into the corner of a room how far is its centre from the corner?

A sphere of diameter $10$cm is packed into a cubic box whose internal side lengths are $12$cm. To prevent the sphere from rolling around 8 identical smaller spheres are placed in the corners of the box. What is the radius of one of the smaller spheres?