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The Ant-Honey Problem

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The Ant-Honey Problem

Question:

An ant is inside the box, 1 cm from the bottom, and wants to go eat the drop of honey on the opposite side, 1 cm from the top. Both the ant and the honey are exactly 6 cm from the walls. Crawling on inside of the box, what’s the shortest distance the ant can crawl to get to the honey?

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– ANSWER BELOW –

Answer: 40

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