The answer is 5cm and not, as some people reason, 15cm. The diagram below may help you to see why.
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A set of three volumes of The History of Hungary sit on a book shelf. Each volume is 5cm thick. A very hungry caterpillar starts at the outside of the front cover of volume one and eats her way through to the outside of the back cover of volume three. After a wee nap and more than a little dyspepsia, the caterpillar pauses to consider how far she has travelled through the books. Assuming she travelled in a straight line, can you work out how far she travelled through the books? ANSWER |
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The answer is 5cm and not, as some people reason, 15cm. The diagram below may help you to see why.
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The author of this site wishes to express his heartfelt regret for his apparent failure in his attempt to make this puzzle more appealing to the reader by trying to introduce an element of humour. He humbly accepts that the humour factor in this puzzle could only really be described as poor, at best. He thought that there might be some scope for jocularity in the fact that Hungary sounds a bit like hungry, but he now concedes that he was perhaps a little optimistic and, on reflection, he concedes that, whilst there may have been some small grounds for optimism with regard to jocular potential, on its own it simply wasn't enough. He would like to point out that he did try but, despite his most sincere efforts, he just wasn't feeling very funny that day. Some days are like that. ARE YOU CURIOUS? |
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