If you want to put a 4x8 piece of plywood through a 3-foot square opening in your ceiling by turning it diagonally, is the openi
2 answers:
The first step is to calculate the length of the diagonal of the square opening.
The length of a diagonal of square = * side
Given side = 3 feet
Length of the square hole = *3 = 4.24 feet
since the diagonal is 4.24 feet and the shorter side of the plywood piece is only 4 feet, we can slide it through the square hole diagonally
Answer is YES since the diagonal 4.24 feet is greater than the shorter side of the plywood piece *4 feet
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