Jorge needs to ship a thin metal rod to a metalworking shop. The only boxes available for shipping are 7-inch cubes. To the near
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<h2>Answer:</h2>
The length of the longest metal rod that can be sent is 12 inches.
<h2>Step-by-step explanation:</h2>As given, the only boxes available for shipping are 7-inch cubes. As Jorge needs to ship a thin metal rod to a metalworking shop, he will put the rods diagonally or space diagonally in the box.
The space diagonal of a cube can be found by the formula :
=
Here, x is 7 inches.
So, Diagonal is =
= inches.
Rounding this to nearest whole number we get 12.
So, the length of the longest metal rod that can be sent is 12 inches.
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