Ant in a Box

Geometry Level 3

An ant is closed in box with length 20cm, height 5cm and width 10cm. The ant is located at one the corners of the box. Find the shortest distance, in cm, required for the ant to climb from its current position to the farthest corner of the box.


The answer is 25.

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3 solutions

Ma Pm
Dec 25, 2019

Ramiel To-ong
Dec 15, 2015

Differential calculus would also help much

Bk Lim
Dec 14, 2014

First draw the net diagram, then connect the two farthest corner with straight line, apply Pythogoras Theorem.

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