Results of Our Exploration
If you have been patient and light-handed
enough, you probably can answer our questions:
1. Can a 2 m pole be moved around the corner?
Yes, it can. Of course,
we assume that 1 unit in GeoGebra is equal to 1 meter.
2. What is the maximum length of a pole that can be moved around the corner?
Somewhere around 2.7 - 2.8 m.
3. What conditions should be met for the pole to reach its maximum length?
It seems pretty obvious that the ends of the longest possible
pole should touch the external walls of the hallway and the pole itself should touch
the inner corner I.
We will continue our exploration on the
next page.
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