document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1200556>Question 1200556</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find, in simplest radical form, the shortest possible<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "on the surface of this 12 cm x 16 cm x 36 cm block.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The shortest path will be along one of the edges and then diagonally across one of the faces.  You get the most bang for your buck by crossing the largest face on the <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Recognizing that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 16\ =\ 4\ \times\ 4\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 36\ =\ 4\ \times\ 9\">, we can say <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \sqrt{16^2\ +\ 36^2}\ =\ 4\sqrt{4^2\ +\ 9^2}\ =\ 4\sqrt{97}\"> and then the total shortest distance from A to B is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 4\sqrt{97}\ +\ 12\">cm.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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