October 2019
Problem of the Month

The Spider and the Fly



A hungry spider is sitting on the floor in the corner of a rectangular room.

She sees a tasty fly on the ceiling in the far corner.   The room is a meters long, b meters wide, and c meters high.

What is the shortest route from the spider to the fly if the spider must always crawl along a wall?
Show your work!






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