Math Riddle
I need help with this problem and I already tried to do two hypotenuses/an X in the square, and that wasn't the smallest answer. VERY difficult!
Bee-line bugs are bugs that crawl in a perfectly straight line. Stick-um string is used to catch bee-line bugs. Your objective is to lay down stick-um string on a 40 cm x 40 cm square surface so that it will catch any bee-line bug that tries to cross any part of that square. But stick-um string is very expensive, so your goal is to use as little stick-um string as possible. What length (to 5 significant figures) of stick-um string would be needed? Explain how you got your answer.
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It's quite a good problem (though whether it should be called a "riddle" is questionable). 137 cm. 558 cm, but I don't know whether that is the minimum.
- It's quite a good problem (though whether it should be called a "riddle" is questionable).
- 137 cm.
- 558 cm, but I don't know whether that is the minimum.
- Do you know the answer?
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It's quite a good problem (though whether it should be called a "riddle" is questionable). The two diagonals ("X") together have a length of about 113.137 cm. Unless I made a mistake, I see a way to reduce this to approximately 105.558 cm, but I don't know whether that is the minimum. Do you know the answer?
0If bee-line bugs can never leave the surface of one side, or travel in some other dimension, then I'd guess ~ 56cm.
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