Question

A cane is being packed in a box. The box measures 20 inches by 12 inches by 6 inches. What is the longest cane, to the nearest inch, that will fit in the box?​

Answer 1

The box is a cuboid. The longest to fit in will be kept diagonally. So we will find the diagonal of the cuboid.

`Diagonal = \sqrt{L^(2)+ B^(2)+ H^(2) } = √(20^2+ 12^2+6^2 )=√(400+144+36)\\`

`√(580) = 24.08 =24inch`