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Will a bat 35 inches fit in a box that is 28in by 12in by 8in?

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No. It will not fit. It will stick out.

Using Pythagoras' son, 3-D Pythagoras, the inside diagonal of the box is

the square root of [ (28)² + (12)² + (8)² ] =

√(784 + 144 + 64) =

√992 = 31.5 inches


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