Question

The floor of a rectangular room measures 5m by 4m and the ceiling is 3m from the floor. An ant is at the top of a corner of the room and crawls to the opposite bottom corner of the room. Find the shortest distance it can travel.

Answer 1

Answer: $5\sqrt{2}$ m

Step-by-step explanation:

Using the pythagorean theorem, we get that the shortest distance it can travel is $\sqrt{3^2+4^2+5^2}$ = $5\sqrt{2}$ m