side length 2, find shortest path from m to n

[woeful seal]

which directions can we move?

[marsh nexus]

on the surface only

original question was: what is the shortest path taken by an ant to reach point n from m?

so we couldnt just take the straight diagonal

im pretty sure we have to draw out the unfolded diagram of this, but i have no idea how

[woeful seal]

but can we take the diagonal on the surface?

[marsh nexus]

yes

[woeful seal]

ok

[woeful seal]

you can draw it like this by looking from topview

assuming it's 2d

but since it's 3d you also need to account for the 2 heights

[marsh nexus]

how do u find this length tho

[marsh nexus]

yea

[woeful seal]

the red line?

Pythagoras

[oak basalt]

OP is the ans 3l root 2?
where l is the length of one side

[woeful seal]

how?

[oak basalt]

open the cubes and join M and N directly
the line joining it will be a digonal of a square of side 4l
so use pythagors to find the digonak and is 4l root 2
my bad I said 3l root 2

[woeful seal]

ohh

I think the previous is correct 3l sqrt(2)

[oak basalt]

4 sides r being formed Ig it will be 4l root 2 only

[woeful seal]

but 1 and 2 are in the same column so counted as 1

if you open the cubes

[oak basalt]

hn it will be 3l*4l rectangle actually

so 5l 🤣

[woeful seal]

isn't it like this?

[oak basalt]

it will be like this

[broken badge]

i think you should open it to make it 2D and find the shortest distance

[broken badge]

yep i mean this

[marsh nexus]

ans is

side length is 2

mentioned in title

[oak basalt]

@slim ravine mind trying this ques?

[slim ravine]

I think answer should be 4+2 Root13

question is ambigious since we get that answer when we are forced to move along face diagonals of cube not just on surface.

And my answer is has more min distance than anskey, 4+2root13 =11.21 and 4+2root2+2root5=11.30

[woeful seal]

you sure? my answer is smaller

[woeful seal]

same

[woeful seal]

I think by surface they mean faces

what is not allowed is cut through inside the boxes

so your solution is acceptable

[old dune]

bruh

i cant see any problem in my solution

[fossil vapor]

since it's 3 dimensional you should use pythagoras with x y and z

[native dirge]

Yup

I was about to say that

Wait isn't it 5?

[native dirge]

NVM each cube is 2 long

[old dune]

I open the cube to turn it into 2d

[native dirge]

Travel along the surface, not thru the object

[marsh nexus]

ye a

travel on the surface