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Fishy business (Posted on 2003-11-08) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A boy goes and buys a one-piece fishing pole that is 6' 3" long. As he goes to get on the bus, the bus driver tells him that he can't take anything on the bus longer than 6'.

The boy goes back to town, buys one more thing, and the bus driver allows him on the bus.

He did not damage the fishing pole in any way.

What did he buy, and what did he do with it?

  Submitted by Popstar Dave    
Rating: 3.5714 (7 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
The boy bought a 6' long box and he put the fishing pole in it diagonally.

If we assume that the thickness of the box casing is negligible, then using Pythagoras' theorem we find that the dimensions of the box must have been 6' by 21" ( =SQRT(75^2 - 72^2) )

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  Subject Author Date
Some ThoughtsSome thoughts relating to the posted solutionK Sengupta2007-03-22 10:14:44
need anwser to riddleJacob2006-09-29 18:30:30
SolutionNo strings attachedBryson2005-12-16 16:40:34
SolutionAlternate solutionMatt Lafargue2005-11-17 16:24:36
SolutionsEric2005-07-26 20:12:27
Some Thoughtsanother solutionBob Smith2005-07-25 19:23:41
better solutionHmmmmm2005-02-16 17:56:27
I know i know! ok no i don'tJanelle2005-02-06 01:02:19
SolutionFinal answerbob9092004-09-15 02:36:22
re(4): solution is wrongdonnmike2003-12-29 02:38:47
re(3): solution is wrongGamer2003-12-28 20:02:41
re(2): solution is wrongdonnmike2003-12-26 17:16:55
re: solution is wrongGamer2003-12-26 08:57:48
solution is wrongdonnmike2003-12-26 01:16:22
re: uhh...Tristan2003-11-12 19:09:26
uhh...Chelsea2003-11-11 21:42:20
re(3): Silly Guess (Actual Solution)Jeff2003-11-11 17:35:17
Or...Nick Reed2003-11-10 13:57:48
SolutionHal90002003-11-09 15:19:02
Solutionre(2): Silly Guess (Actual Solution)Sam2003-11-09 02:35:02
Solutionre: Silly Guess (Actual Solution)TomM2003-11-08 11:18:16
SolutionSilly Guess =)nikki2003-11-08 10:46:03
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