A spherical shaped sweet is placed inside a cube of side 5 cm such tha...
The question demands visualization. The shortest distance required to be travelled by the fly would be diagonally and be given by:-
Distance =
= (Since diagonal of the cube is given as √3 x l)
= 2.5(√3 – 1)
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The shortest distance the fly must travel to reach the sweet is the length of the space diagonal of the cube.
The space diagonal of a cube can be found using the formula:
d = √(s^2 + s^2 + s^2), where s is the length of a side of the cube.
In this case, the length of a side of the cube is 5 cm.
Plugging in the value for s, we get:
d = √(5^2 + 5^2 + 5^2)
d = √(25 + 25 + 25)
d = √75
d ≈ 8.66 cm
Therefore, the shortest distance the fly must travel to reach the sweet is approximately 8.66 cm.