Question 782837: For his 13th birthday, Adam was allowed to travel down to Sara's Sporting Goods store to purchase a brand new fishing pole. With great excitement and anticipation, Adam boarded the bus on his own and arrived at Sarah's store. Although the collection of fishing poles was tremendous, there was only one pole for Adam and he bought it: a five-foot,one-piece fiberglass "Trout Troller 570" fishing pole. When Adam's bus arrived, the driver reported that Adam could not board the bus with the fishing pole. Objects longer than four feet were not allowed on the bus . In tears, Adam remained a the bus stop holding his beautiful five-foot Trout Troller. Sarah, seeing the whole ordeal, rushed out and said, "Don't cry, Adam! We'll get your fishing pole on the bus!" Sure enough, when the same bus and the same driver returned, Adam boarded the bus with his fishing pole and the driver welcomed him aboard with a smile. How was Sarah able to have Adam board the bus with his five-foot fishing pole without breaking the bus line rules and without cutting or bending the pole.
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source):
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They bought a cardboard box that was 4 feet long and a little more than 3 feet wide (has to be a little more than 3 feet to account for the thickness of the box) and deep enough for the fishing pole to lay inside on the diagonal.
By the way, if it was "Sara's Sporting Goods", why was "Sarah" the owner?
John
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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