A worm is crawling along the edges of a wooden box which measures 2cm high 3cm wide and 1cm long. The worm goal is to take the longest route possible from point a and finally back to point an again. No edge can be crawled more than once. How many centimeters does the worm travel throughout its journey?

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Longest possible path will be sum of all edges..
So worm traveled 4*(2+3+1) = 24 cm

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Longest possible path will be sum of all edges.. So worm traveled 4*(2+3+1) = 24 cm

Longest possible path will be sum of all edges..
So worm traveled 4*(2+3+1) = 24 cm