SOLUTION: three cubical chairs are to be made from a log 5 meters long and 1 meter radius. find the maximum edge of the chair
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Question 1043392: three cubical chairs are to be made from a log 5 meters long and 1 meter radius. find the maximum edge of the chair
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The largest square you can draw inside of a 1-meter radius circle has a diagonal of 2 meters. Your maximum side length is the measure of one leg of an isosceles right triangle with a 2-meter hypotenuse.
John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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