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Question 1 - Page 86 - Shortest Paths on a Cube - Chapter 4 Class 8 - Exploring Some Geometric Themes (Ganita Prakash II
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Shortest Paths on a Cube
Class 8 (Ganita Prakash - 1, 2 & Old NCERT)
Chapter 4 Class 8 - Exploring Some Geometric Themes (Ganita Prakash II
- Fractals
- Sierpinski Carpet
- Sierpinski Gasket
- Figure it out - Page 72
- Koch Snowflake
- Fractals in Art
- Imagining Solids
- Solid Shapes
- Net of a Cube
- Net of other Figures
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Shortest Paths on a Cube
- Projections
- Top view, Front View, Side view
- Shadows as Projections
- Figure it out - Page 95-97
- Isometric Projections
- Drawing on Isometric Grids
- Figure it out - Page 100, 101
Transcript
Question 1 - Page 86 Find the shortest path between the ant and the laddu in the following case:To find the shortest distance, We convert the cuboid into a net Mark a straight line between ant and the laddu That is our shortest distance Let’s do it Since the straight line is outside the net It means that this is not the path In that case, we unfold our net in a different way Let’s try that Unfolding net in a different way Here, it is a straight line And it is the Hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides 4 + 2 = 6 cm And, 2 cm Thus, by Pythagoras Theorem (Shortest Distance)2 = 62 + 22 (Shortest Distance)2 = 36 + 4 (Shortest Distance)2 = 40 Shortest Distance = √𝟒𝟎 cm
