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28 March, 06:23

An old adage states that "You can't fit a square peg in a round hole." Actually, you can, it just won't fill the hole. If a hole is 4 inches in diameter, what is the approximate width of the largest square peg that fits in the round hole?

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  1. 28 March, 09:39
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    Suppose the peg is like a rectangular prism:

    It will be a right triangle with two sides of 2 and 2 because the diameter is 4.

    c=√ (2²+2²)

    c=2√2

    so the width of the largest peg is 2√2 or 2.83 inch
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