Posted by Subhotosh Khan on October 16, 2002 at 07:18:40:
In Reply to: a bugger... posted by Jim on October 15, 2002 at 23:41:03:
: There is a box 6 feet long, 1 foot wide and
: 3 feet high. A bug starts off inside the box at
: the middle of the top edge furthest from you. He
: goes to the right corner at the bottom closest to you
: without flying or falling. He takes the shortest path.
: What distance does he walk?
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1) Open the box flat and draw the flattened box in a grid. Locate the corners and edges on a flat plane.
2)Locate the bug on the grid.
3)Locate the corner the bug needs to approach.
4) Join 3) and 4) with a straight line.
2)Locate the