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Can you crack this?

ok this requires some imagination.

imagine that you are an ant at the corner of a cube (or a room). u want to get to the corner which is above u and diagonally opposite to the corner u are at. which is the shortest route u can take?

and no u can't fly!

Update:

kudos to liveevilone666!!! thats the right answer!!! bad luck , he beat u by a minute. anyway, unfortunately u'll have to wait for 23 hrs to get ur 10 pts

Update 2:

oops...typo......corrected: bad luck jonfmadd!

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago
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    From my memory, the ant would walk across the floor toward the opposite corner, but aim for midpoint of either opposing wall, from there the ant would complete the journey to the opposite corner - effectively there are two options for the quickest route (either opposing wall midpoint across the floor).

    Cheers, L

  • 2 decades ago

    I would cross the diagnoal to reach the corner directly across me and then walk up the corner of the wall, or the cube until reaching the corner. the shortest distance between two points is always a straight line.

    or I would imagine I was already at the corner and just be there. Imagination is a wild thing. ;)

  • 2 decades ago

    That's easy. Just assume that the cube is so small that the ant can just take one step diagonally to the opposite side of the corner.

  • 2 decades ago

    I like Charlie's Answer.

    However, if the cube is too large for that then the answer would be to cross the floor to the mid-point of either wall, then from that mid-point to the target corner. That is assuming a perfect cube with all sides equal. By bisecting one wall and then going to the goal, you make one turn but you still keep a strait line along one tangent.

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  • 2 decades ago

    I'm guessing you can walk on walls, otherwise this would be an impossible feat. You would go diagonally on the one wall then take the straight line to the next corner. For example if you're on a square with cordinates such as 0,0,0(start corner) 0,5,0 5,5,0 and 5,0,0 you take the diagonal from 0,0,0 to 5,5,0. from there you would complete the journey by taking the line from 5,5,0 to 5,5,5.

    Source(s): This example uses a 5 x 5 x 5 square on x,y, and z axis's.
  • 2 decades ago

    from your corner go right up vertically, then crawl diagonally to the opposite corner

  • 2 decades ago

    So long as the travel is in str8 lines and a diagonal is crossed, there is no quick way...unless i missed the trick

  • 2 decades ago

    no he is an ant he will walk on the wall to the side of him, ant an angle that least him to his conner. that way he is going up to the top and going on the other side at the same time

  • 2 decades ago

    crawl up to the corner above u

  • 2 decades ago

    i dont know -maybe dig a hole and climb on the top of the cube to get to the location from the other side ???

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