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A room is 15 meters long, 12 meters wide & 10 meters in height. The longest possible rod which can be placed in the room is

A. 19.13 meters

B. 20.22 meters

C. 21.65 meters

D. 22.34 meters

E. 23.32 meters

rishinric · Answer

A room is 15 meters long, 12 meters wide & 10 meters in height. The longest possible rod which can be placed in the room is

A. 19.13 meters

B. 20.22 meters

C. 21.65 meters

D. 22.34 meters

E. 23.32 meters

The longest possible rod which can be placed in the room is = sq. root of (15^2+12^2+10^2)
= 21.65 meters C

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eakabuah · Answer

The longest rod that can placed in a room which is 15m long, 12m wide, and 10m tall can be gotten by first computing the diagonal of the length and width of the room and and computing the diagonal the computed diagonal forms with the height of the building.

So (12*12+15*15)^0.5 = 369^0.5
Longest possible rod = (369+10*10)^0.5 = (469)^0.5 = 21.65.

The answer is therefore C in my view.

So (12*12+15*15)^0.5 = 369^0.5
Longest possible rod = (369+10*10)^0.5 = (469)^0.5 = 21.65.

The answer is therefore C in my view.

madgmat2019 · Answer

the longest possible rod which can be placed in the room in a cuboid shape... should be placed at the diagonal
Diagonal length in cuboid = sqrt(15^2+12^2+10^2)= sqrt(469) = 21.65

EncounterGMAT · Answer

Given: length l = 15m, breadth b=12m and height h=10m

Longest rod that can be placed in a room is by placing it diagonally.

Length of diagonal of a cuboid(Length of longest rod)= √(l^2 + b^2 + h^2)

= √(225 + 144 + 100) m

= √(469)m

20^2=400 so √(469) would be a bit greater than 20.

Thus the length of the longest rod would be 21.65 meters (OPTION C)

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sampriya · Answer

we know that hypotenuse is the longest side in a triangle therefore the hypotenuse of the triangle with the larger sides will be largest

therefore the answer is L= under-root(15^2+12^2+10^2) ---space diagonal formula
=21.6

therefore C is correct

Archit3110 · Answer

longest possible rod ; √15^2+12^2+10^2 ; √469 ; 21.65 mtrs
IMO C

A room is 15 meters long, 12 meters wide & 10 meters in height. The longest possible rod which can be placed in the room is

A. 19.13 meters

B. 20.22 meters

C. 21.65 meters

D. 22.34 meters

E. 23.32 meters

exc4libur · Answer

longest possible rod placed in a cuboid is a diagonal through the middle:
 d^2=l^2+w^2+h^2…d^2=15^2+12^2+10^2…d^2=225+144+100…d^2=469 
 d^2=469…(400=20^2,…441=21^2,…484=22^2)…441<d^2=469<484…21<d<22

Answer (C)

Prasannathawait · Answer

IMO C is the answer.
It would be sqrt(15^2 + 12^2 + 10^2)= sqrt(225+144+100)= sqrt(469)
Then POE will come, as the calculation is cumbersome.
21^2=441
22^2=484
Hence C is the answer.

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