corridor

26-27 Horizontal rod entering into a room from a perpendicular corridor

Problem 26
A corridor 4 ft wide opens into a room 100 ft long and 32 ft wide, at the middle of one side. Find the length of the longest thin rod that can be carried horizontally into the room.

20-21 Width of the second corridor for a pole to pass horizontally

Problem 20
A pole 24 feet long is carried horizontally along a corridor 8 feet wide and into a second corridor at right angles to the first. How wide must the second corridor be?
 

Problem 21
Solve Problem 20 if the pole is of length $L$ and the first corridor is of width $C$.
 

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