Question: Consider a room in the shape of a cube, 4 meters on each side. A bug at point P wants to walk to point Q

Consider a room in the shape of a cube, 4 meters on each side. A bug at point P wants to walk to point Q at the opposite corner, as shown in the figure. Use calculus to determine the shortest path. Explain how you can solve this problem without calculus.

P 4 m 4 m 4 m Q

P 4 m 4 m 4 m Q

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