A man wanted to board a plane with a 4.3-ft-long steel rod, but airline regulations say that the maximum length of any object or parcel checked on board is 4 ft. Without bending or cutting the rod, or altering it in any way, how did the man check it through without violating the rule?

What will be an ideal response?


Put it along the diagonal.

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A. -  
B. ±  
C.  
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A. 2(2x - 3)(4x2 + 6x + 9) B. 2x(2x - 3)(4x2 + 6x + 9) C. 2x(2x - 3)(4x2 - 6x + 9) D. 2x(2x + 3)(4x2 - 6x + 9)

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A. [0, ?) B. (-?, 0) C. (-?, 0] D. (0, ?)

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Provide an appropriate response.Write the first five terms of the sequence whose general term is an = .

A. 2, - 2, , - 2, 
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C. -2, 1, - , 1, - 
D. 4, - 2, , - 2, 

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