Bend
A long stick has to be carried horizontally along a narrow corridor and around a right-angled bend. The corridor is a centimetres wide on one side of the bend and b centimetres wide on the other side. Find, in terms of a and b, the length of the longest stick that can be manoeuvered horizontally around the bend?
If the object is 2 metres long and the two branches of the corridor are 65 centimetres and 75 centimetres respectively is it possible to manoeuvre the stick around the bend?
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