SOLUTION: A moving box has a base that measures a = 2 ft by b = 3 ft, and the box is c = 4 ft tall. Find the length of the longest pole that could be placed in the box. Round to

Question 1000566: A moving box has a base that measures
a = 2 ft
by
b = 3 ft,
and the box is
c = 4 ft
tall. Find the length of the longest pole that could be placed in the box. Round to the nearest tenth.
ft

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Basically it is a cuboidal prism
the diagonal is the longest

d=
d= 5.385 ft
= 5.4 ft

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