Question

A museum packs telescopes in rectangular boxes of length 17 inches as shown below.

The length of a telescope is 18 inches. Will the telescope fit the width of the box?

Answer 1

width = sqrt( 24^2-17^2) = 16.9 <18
the telescope will not fit the width

Answer 2

A)No, because The square root of the square of the difference of 24 and 17is smaller than 18.

Answer 3

B)No, because The square root of the difference of 24 square and 17 squareis smaller than 18.

Answer 4

B