Question

Tina ordered a replacement part for her desk. It was shipped in a box that measures 2 in. by 2 in. by 11 in. What is the greatest length in whole inches that the part could have been?

Answer 1

15 inches

Explanation:

The space diagonal of a rectangular prism is the root of the sum of the squares of the edge lengths. The longest straight part that will fit in the box will be at most ...

l = √(4² +4² +14²) = √228 ≈ 15.10 . . . . inches

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