SOLUTION: Four Milk cans are bundled together using a piece of string. If you allow 5cm for tying a knot, what is the shortest amount of string that you need if each can has a radius of 4cm?

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Question 634358: Four Milk cans are bundled together using a piece of string. If you allow 5cm for tying a knot, what is the shortest amount of string that you need if each can has a radius of 4cm?
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Four Milk cans are bundled together using a piece of string. If you allow 5cm for tying a knot, what is the shortest amount of string that you need if each can has a radius of 4cm?
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Min = 4*d + C + 5
= 4*8 + 8*pi + 5 cm