SOLUTION: A person wants to board a plane with a 5-ft- long steel rod, but airline regulations sau that the maximum length of any object or parvel permitted to be checked on board is 4 ft. W
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Question 463205: A person wants to board a plane with a 5-ft- long steel rod, but airline regulations sau that the maximum length of any object or parvel permitted to be checked on board is 4 ft. Without bending or cutting the rod or altering it in any way, how did the person check it through withour violating the rules.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rotate it 90 degrees so that it is vertical. Now it is 5 ft wide but only a few inches long.
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