Chapter 12.3, Problem 1C

To determine

To show: The wooden block will fit all three holes.

Answer to Problem 1C

The cost of larger one is more because it has cost $\$6\cdot 5$ while the smaller costs $\$1\cdot 00$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The given figure is shown below.

  

Figure (1)

Calculation:

The size of the cube is $2\text{cm}$ .

The first hole cube will pass as it is.

From the second hole it will pass the cube is cut into cylindrical shape of radius $1$ .

And from the third hole it will pass when the cube is cut into triangular prism having same base as shown in figure (1).

Hence proved.

Therefore, from above discussion it is concluded that the wooden block will fit all three holes.