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by projektfu 2418 days ago
Except an ant looks like 3 spheres
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asteli 2418 days ago
For the purpose of this exercise, assume a rectilinear ant.
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SiempreViernes 2418 days ago
The commenter was pointing out that a sphere of volume 1 mm^3 has a diameter of 1.24 mm, while a sphere of diameter 1 mm has a volume of 0.52 mm^3.

Meanwhile a cube of side 1 mm has a volume of 1 mm^3.

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