2006-09-04 00:15:25 · 33 answers · asked by sparklel21 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Make the peg quite small
2006-09-04 00:16:13 · answer #1 · answered by Felidae 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With ease, a circle can easily fit inside a square. Now if you wanted to put a square peg in a round hole thats when the problem arises... maybe you got the phrasing wrong. Besides even a square peg wouldnt go in a square hole if the hole was smaller than the peg...
2006-09-04 07:47:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
round peg should fit in a square hole -if they are both the same size holes (think about it -a circle is just the square with the corners rounded off -which means would be able to fit in the square hole).
now the other way round fitting a square peg in a round hole might be difficult.
failing that use a file to file it down a bit.
failing that use a sledge hammer
failing that use a crane with a big lead ball and chain attached-which should do the job -only trouble is you might not have a hole then to put the peg in - but does solve the initial problem
2006-09-04 02:47:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaking philosophically, the peg and the hole will have to compromise, one will have to give a little and the other expand. Just like in any relationship, so long as the roles are swapped every now and then, things should work out all right.
Practically the diameter of the peg will need to measure less than the length of the sides of the hole, but the peg should never view it as losing anything, in many cases less is more.
2006-09-04 00:37:01 · answer #4 · answered by alpha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place peg at hole and hit with a large hammer 9 times out of 10 the peg will go into the hole
2006-09-04 00:36:38 · answer #5 · answered by norminstormin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a rather stupid question. Anything can go anywhere provided it is small enough. Your options are:
1. Use a small peg.
2. Use a big hole.
3. Make the hole bigger with a saw.
4. Make the peg smaller by cutting it up and putting it through piece by piece.
2006-09-04 01:51:31 · answer #6 · answered by Steve-Bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure the diameter of the round peg is smaller than the internal length and width of the square hole. On a lighter note if it were a hot newly hard boiled egg, one could remove the shell, put the shelled egg into a square mold, put a lid on, which fits inside the mold, on top of egg, and add pressure to the lid. Leave the egg to cool, remove the egg fom the mold and, hey presto, you have a square hard boiled egg. Much easier for standing buffets, they don't roll off the plate, and nicely shaped for sanwiches made from square bread. This is the same principle as getting very fat people into very small shower cubicles. Visualising it doesn't bare thinking about.
2006-09-04 00:30:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The diameter of the round peg needs to be shorter than the length of a side of the square.
2006-09-04 00:20:24 · answer #8 · answered by Coltrane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a smaller round peg than you do a square hole.
2006-09-04 00:19:51 · answer #9 · answered by jmp_omaha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your peg is short and squat enough, it is a cylinder that could be square in cross section. Then put it in sideways.
(This is to provide an alternate to all the brute force and hole or peg modification schemes already proposed)
2006-09-04 00:24:04 · answer #10 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the diameter of the rounded peg is smaller than the square hole
2006-09-04 00:16:42 · answer #11 · answered by adrian_trythall 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋