A flying squirrel lives in a nest that is 16 meters up in a tree, but wants to eat an acorn that is on the ground 12 meters away from the base of her tree. If the flying squirrel glides from her nest to the acorn, then scurries back to the base of the tree, and then climbs back up the tree to her nest, how far will the flying squirrel travel in total?
From the nest to the acorn is 28 meters. Scurrying back to the base of the tree is another 12 meters. From the tree base to the nest is 16 meters. Added all together is the total of 56 meters.
