Question

You want to mail an umbrella to a friend but you only have a rectangular box with the dimensions of 6 inches wide, 6 inches tall, and 10 inches deep. Will your umbrella fit in the box from point A to point B if the umbrella is 12 inches long?


Answer 1

@hartnn

Answer 2

Anyone get this problem?

Answer 3

OMG 2 MODS ARE LOOKING AT MY QUESTION

Answer 4

ok, so you can put your umbrella in the diagonal of the box too!

calculate the diagonal of that box, if it is GREATER than 12, then you can put the umbrella,
else you can't

Answer 5

OK.

Answer 6

Will it not fit?

Answer 7

@hartnn

Answer 8

what did you get the diagonal as ?

Answer 9

8.49

Answer 10

thats just diagonal of the base...

diagonal of the box will be
\(\sqrt {6^2+6^2 +10^2}\)

Answer 11

OK…

Answer 12

I got 13.1148770486040013

Answer 13

Also, how did you get 12?

Answer 14

"calculate the diagonal of that box, if it is GREATER than 12, then you can put the umbrella,"

Answer 15

Oh, never mind. Thanks!

Answer 16

welcome ^_^
so your umbrella will fit in :)

Answer 17

so you can use Pythagorean theorem twice