The ant needs to cover: 9.403 units. It will need to pass the diagonal of the side (4 by 5) and go up or down the side 3 units. 3+ sqrt(16+25)
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:16 PM, bittu <shashank7andr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2nd puzzle > > An ant has to crawl from one corner of a room to the diametrically > opposite corner as quickly as possible. If the dimensions of the room > are 3 x 4 x 5, what distance does the ant cover? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
