SOLUTION: What is the longest piece of straight dry spaghetti that will fit in a cylindrical can that has a radius of 3 inches and height of 10 inches?

Question 633881: What is the longest piece of straight dry spaghetti that will fit in a cylindrical can that has a radius of 3 inches and height of 10 inches?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the longest piece of straight dry spaghetti that will fit in a cylindrical can that has a radius of 3 inches and height of 10 inches?
----
Right triangle with base = 6 inches and height = 10 inches.
---
hypotenuse = sqrt[6^2+10^2] = sqrt(136) = 11.66 inches
===========================
Cheers,
Stan H.
==============
RELATED QUESTIONS
what is the longest piece of dry spaghetti that will fit in a cylindrical can that has a... (answered by fcabanski)

a hollow metal cylinder has a height of 12cm and a diameter of 9cm. What is the length of (answered by stanbon)

A cylinder has a radius of 3 cm and a height of 8 cm. What is the longest segment, in... (answered by checkley77)

A cylindrical jar has a radius of 5 inches and a height of 9 inches. The jar is filled... (answered by Alan3354)

A rectangular box has width w inches, height h inches, and depth d inches. what is the... (answered by Alan3354)

A cubic box has inside dimensions of 10 by 10 by 10 inches. What is the longest pole of... (answered by ikleyn)

What is the length, to the nearest tenth of an inch, of the longest board that can fit... (answered by rfer)

I would really appreciate if you would answer this question. A cylindrical piece of iron... (answered by josgarithmetic)

I would really appreciate if you would answer this question. A cylindrical piece of iron (answered by josgarithmetic)