maths question

[ian]

Bit more than 25cm me thinks

27.7156cm

Ivan
read the question again, carefully,

there's no mention of where the straw leaves the top of the box,
if the box is open at the top, my answer is correct
and if the box is sealed like a "popa" with the hole essentially in one corner 25cm is still correct

also it's only an assumption (on the part of the reader) that the straw must reach to the bottom of the box
so the straw could be 11cm long, (6 in the box, 5 out of it)


ian

[Incoming!]

Just did a quick google for the formula, and noticed that someone caused similar headaches and confusion on the abc.net forum last night as well, with this same question. Troublemakers!