Mathematics

Mathematics

Problem

An ant is at one corner (vertex) of a solid rectangular block with dimensions 6 cm×8 cm×10 cm6\,\text{cm} \times 8\,\text{cm} \times 10\,\text{cm}. It wants to crawl to the continuously opposite corner (the other end of the space diagonal) along the surface of the block. Determine the length of the shortest possible path the ant can take.

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