document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1100014>Question 1100014</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Amy has a pen 15 cm long that she wants to send as a gift to a friend. She finds a rectangular box in which the pen just fits. The length and width of the box are 5cm and 14cm respectively. What is the height of the box? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The diagonal of the floor of the box is the sqrt (5^2+14^2)=sqrt (221)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That hypotenuse becomes the leg of a triangle whose other leg is the unknown height and the diagonal is the pen itself.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so sqrt(221)^2+h^2=15^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "221+h^2=225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h=2 cm. </SPAN>\n" );
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