A cylindrical jar is of height 12cm and has diameter 5 cm. Find the length of the longest stick which can fit in the jar?
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13 cm using pythagorus theorm
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Consider the jar to be cylindrical.Then, length of rectangle = 5 cm and
breadth of rectangle = 12 cm and the longest stick which can be fitted in the jar is the diagonal = √(l² + b²)
= √(5² + 12²)
= √(25+144)
= √169 = 13 cm
Therefore, the longest stick which can be fitted in the jar = 13 cm
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breadth of rectangle = 12 cm and the longest stick which can be fitted in the jar is the diagonal = √(l² + b²)
= √(5² + 12²)
= √(25+144)
= √169 = 13 cm
Therefore, the longest stick which can be fitted in the jar = 13 cm
****************************HOPING THAT THIS WILL HELP YOU!!!***************************
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