A large panel needs to be moved through a corridor, the panel is tall as the corridor. The corridor is A feet wide before a right angle turn, after the turn, it is B feet wide. What is the maximum length of the panel that can pass through this corner.

Overhead view of the hallway:

+------------+---
|           /   |
|          /    |B ft
|         /     |
|        /+------
|       / |
|      /  |
|     /   |
|    /    |
|   /     |
|  /      |
| /       |
|/        |
+<-A ft-->|

Indeed (more egg on my face),

FK and Charlie are correct, I NEED to stop doing these problems as I'm on my way to my next meeting...!  (That's my best excuse.)

Posted by SilverKnight on 2004-05-26 16:06:25