SOLUTION: what will be the length of a longest pole keep in a room of length 8 meter,base 6 meter & height 10 meter?

Question 798867: what will be the length of a longest pole keep in a room of length 8 meter,base 6 meter & height 10 meter?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The longest possible pole would barely fit with one end on a corner of the floor, and the other end stuck against the opposite corner of the ceiling.
Its shadow, along the diagonal of the room's floor measures

The length of the pole is

.
That's about .
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