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Around the bend (Posted on 2004-03-13)

What is the longest pole I can swing around the 90° corner of a hallway of unit width?

For the simplicity of this problem, the pole must be kept exactly horizontal, while maneuvering it.

Submitted by SilverKnight

Rating: 2.5000 (4 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

2√2 -- see here the solution for a more general problem; setting a=b=1 produces the given result.

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Subject	Author	Date
answer	K Sengupta	2007-05-12 13:49:22
answer?	jas	2004-03-14 10:51:47
My answer is....	Penny	2004-03-14 08:44:29
It seems to me...	Benjamin J. Ladd	2004-03-13 23:48:24
Non-calculus solution	Nick Hobson	2004-03-13 18:36:53
re: and if...	Sam	2004-03-13 17:02:09
and if...	Larry	2004-03-13 10:56:59
I'm thinking...	Larry	2004-03-13 10:46:44

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