SOLUTION: A person wants to board a plane with a 5ft. long steel rod, but airline regulations say that the maximum length of any object or parcel permitted to be checked on board is 4ft. Wit

Question 460681: A person wants to board a plane with a 5ft. long steel rod, but airline regulations say that the maximum length of any object or parcel permitted to be checked on board is 4ft. Without bending or cutting the rod or altering it in anyway, how did the person check it through without violating the rule?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A person wants to board a plane with a 5ft. long steel rod, but airline
regulations say that the maximum length of any object or parcel permitted to be checked on board is 4ft.
Without bending or cutting the rod or altering it in anyway, how did the person
check it through without violating the rule?
:
Find a shallow box that has 4 ft square base. find the diagonal of the base
d =
d =
d = 5.7 ft, the 5 ft rod will easily fit in the box

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