A juice container is a square prism with base edge length 4 inches. When an 8-inch straw is inserted into the container as shown, exactly 1 inch remains outside the container. The length of AB is ___ inches, to the nearest inch.
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A juice container is a square prism with base edge length 4 inches. When an 8-inch straw is inserted into the container as shown, exactly 1 inch remains outside the container. The length of AB is ___ inches, to the nearest inch.
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mertsj · Answer

The length AB is the part of the straw that is inside the container.  It is an 8" straw and 1 inch in outside the container.  What is 8-1?

anonymous · Answer

7 @Mertsj

mertsj · Answer

yep

anonymous · Answer

And thats all?

danjs · Answer

ha, practice picking out relevant data maybe

mertsj · Answer

If you have posted the problem accurately.  What else could there be? Isn't AB the part of the straw inside the box?

anonymous · Answer

I guess I just was just overthinking it or something haha

mertsj · Answer

ok