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a bed of a pickup truck measures 4 ft by 8 ft to the nearest inch what is the length of the longest thin metal bar that will lie flat in the bed ​

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11 ft 3 in

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The bed of a pickup truck measures 4 feet by 8 feet. To the nearest inch, what is the length of the longest thin metal bar that will lie flat in the bed? 11 ft 3 in.

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Step-by-step explanation:

the diagonal is the longest so use Pythagoras

c^2 =a^2 + b^2

c^2=4^2+8^2

c^2=16+64

c =[tex]\sqrt{80}[/tex]

c = 8.944 ft

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