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Question: Maximum cylinder in a box: "straw in a box" or actually "rolled carpet in a box"

Question:Maximum cylinder in a box: "straw in a box" or actually "rolled carpet in a box"

phazzer 15 Maple
January 02 2018
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I am looking for a pragmatic solution to the question: Can my rolled carpet fit inside a given cardboard box?

It is the (generally unsolvable) problem "straw in a box":

https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/upload_library/22/Polya/jerrard93.pdf

...with the restriction that the cylinder is aligned along the spatial diagonal.

 

So the application is this:
Is it possible to put a 120cm long rolled (radius 10cm) carpet inside a cardbord box of (inner) dimensions 118cm x 58cm x 38cm ?

Maple code would be perfect, but I have very little Maple experience so I cannot even provide any attempts/code at this stage.

Thanks!
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