a. What is the length of the longest pole that can be carried horizontally around a corner
Question:
a. What is the length of the longest pole that can be carried horizontally around a corner at which a 3-ft corridor and a 4-ft corridor meet at right angles?
b. What is the length of the longest pole that can be carried horizontally around a corner at which a corridor that is a feet wide and a corridor that is b feet wide meet at right angles?
c. What is the length of the longest pole that can be carried horizontally around a corner at which a corridor that is a = 5 ft wide and a corridor that is b = 5 ft wide meet at an angle of 120°?
d. What is the length of the longest pole that can be carried around a corner at which a corridor that is a feet wide and a corridor that is b feet wide meet at right angles, assuming there is an 8-ft ceiling and that you may tilt the pole at any angle?
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Calculus Early Transcendentals
ISBN: 978-0321947345
2nd edition
Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett