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. (Enter only the number.)

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venomous.penguin · Answer

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_malice_ · Answer

The more important question is what kind of juice is it?

venomous.penguin · Answer

Orange juice? hah I don't know it doesn't say?

advert · Answer

Hmm AC would have made more sense....
AB is just the length of the straw minus the part outside the carton +_+

advert · Answer

5.7

welshfella · Answer

you don't needd to know the dimensions of the base

welshfella · Answer

- unless I've misread the question!

venomous.penguin · Answer

The straw is 8in so I minus 1inch from the straw is does that make it 7inches?

advert · Answer

BC is the diagonal along the bottom.
Let's look at one of those triangles.

advert · Answer

Hmmm maybe I'm not reading the picture correctly,
because to me it seems like the length of AB should be 7 inches.
It's the length of the straw, minus the 1inch outside.

welshfella · Answer

yea - i'd say its 7 ins long.  Simple.

advert · Answer

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