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Square Hole

December 20th, 2010 admin No comments

Largest cube passing through a unit square hole?

What is the largest cube that can fit through a 1 foot by 1 foot square hole in a wall? Contrary to intuition, the cube is bigger than a 1 by 1 by 1 cube.
If you know the answer, please also briefly tell me how you calculated it.

Sorry, not possible. Intuition wins this one, it's 1' x 1' x 1'.

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