SOLUTION: heres the question: An ant crawls the height of a tennis ball can that has exactly enough space to contain 3 tennis balls. Another ant crawls around the lip of the can. Which one c

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Question 117416: heres the question: An ant crawls the height of a tennis ball can that has exactly enough space to contain 3 tennis balls. Another ant crawls around the lip of the can. Which one covers a longer distance?
Found 2 solutions by Earlsdon, edjones:
Answer by Earlsdon(6098) About Me  (Show Source):
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The first ant crawls 3 times the diameter, D, of a tennis ball, or a distance of 3D.
The second ant crawls around the circumference of a tennis ball, or a distance 3.14D.
The second ant covers the longer distance.

Answer by edjones(7311) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the diameter of a tennis ball be d.
The ant climbing the height of the can climbs 3d.
the ant crawling around the lip of the can crawls pi*d.
Since pi>3 the ant crawling around the lip covers a longer distance.
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Ed