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28 December, 04:23

The bed of a pickup truck measures 4 feet by 8 feet to the nearest inch, what is the length of the longest thin metal bar that will lie flat in the bed

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  1. 28 December, 04:47
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    The bed of the truck is a rectangle, 4-ft wide and 8-ft long.

    The diagonal of the rectangle is

    √ (4² + 8²)

    = √ (16 + 64)

    = √ (80)

    = 8.9442 ... feet

    8.9442 ... feet = 8 feett 11.33 inches

    Rounded to the nearest inch: 8 ft 11 in.
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