Question: A room has dimensions 3.00m (height) x 3.70 x 4.30m. A fly starting at one corner flies around, ending up at the diagonally opposite corner.

A room has dimensions 3.00m (height) x 3.70 x 4.30m. A fly starting at one corner flies around, ending up at the diagonally opposite corner.

(a) What is the magnitude of its displacement?

(b) Could the length of its path he less than this magnitude?

(c) Greater?

(d) Equal?

(e) Choose a suitable coordinate system in unit-vector notation.

(f) If the fly walks, what is the length of the shortest path?

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