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sara is mailing her friend an umbrella.she has a box that is 26 inches by 10 inches by 8 inches what is the maximum length the umbrella can be to still fit in the box?

 Apr 12, 2016
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Using Pythag Theo the diagonal is

 

sqrt (10^2 + 8^2) = 12.81

 

Using Pythag theo again

Max = sqrt (12.81^2 + 26^2) =  28.98 inches max

 Apr 12, 2016
edited by ElectricPavlov  Apr 12, 2016
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Thanks, EP, for that answer......

 

I should point out that this will give us the same answer in just one step ....

 

sqrt [ 26^2 + 10^2 + 8^2 ]

 

 

 

cool cool cool

 Apr 12, 2016

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