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Re:Interesting math puzzle - harder than it sounds by dreamux on Saturday October 08, 2011 @05:03PM (#3088903)
31 feet.

Ant jumps off the wall and onto the floor (no walking necessary, and easily survivable), walk straight across the 30 foot floor and 1 foot up the wall.

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Re:Interesting math puzzle - harder than it sounds by noblethrasher on Saturday October 08, 2011 @05:16PM (#3088934)
Less than 31 feet since, in the presence of gravity, the honey is moving towards the floor as well.
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Re:Interesting math puzzle - harder than it sounds by mschireson on Saturday October 08, 2011 @05:06PM (#3088910)
Lol. That's out of the box thinking!
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