Question

Elena needs to ship a 61 cm concert flute to a customer. She has two rectangular boxes. One is 25 cm by 25 cm by 50 cm. The other box is 10 cm by 12 cm by 58 cm. A. What is the longest object that will fit in the 25 cm x 25 cm x 50 cm rectangular box? B. What is the longest object that will fit in the 10 cm x 12 cm x 58 cm rectangular box? C. In which box will the flute best fit?

Answer 1

A) to get the longest object do a^2 + b^2 =c^2
25^2+25^2=c^2
Then
c^2 +50^2
Square root the answer to get the longest object

B) 10^2+12^2=c^2
Then
c^2+58^2
Square root the answer to get the longest object

C)whichever has the largest answer