Table height

A table has blocks of wood placed on and next to it. Can you work out how tall it is?
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Table Height


Four identical blocks of wood are placed touching a table in the positions shown.

How high is the table?

 

 

If you liked this problem, here is an NRICH task which challenges you to use similar mathematical ideas.