Carpet
The room is 10 x 5 meters. You have the role of carpet width of 1 meter. Make a rectangular cut of a roll. That piece of carpet will be the longest possible and will fit into the room. How long is a piece of carpet? Note: The carpet will not be parallel with the diagonal.
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