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Eight volumes of the Transum Encyclopaedia are on a shelf as shown here. Billy the book worm begins by eating through the front cover of the first volume and eats his way through to, and including, the back cover of volume eight. Calculate the length of his meal.
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Front cover 4mm thick Pages 3.3cm thick altogether Back cover 4mm thick |
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The answer is 25.4cm
Did you realise that the front cover of volume one is on the right side of the book, so the worm only chews through the front cover of volume one before starting on volume two?
The meal consists of: The front cover of volume one plus six times the thickness of a complete volume plus the back cover of volume eight.
4mm + 6 x 4.1cm + 4mm