Three volumes of the series Mathemat ics: Its Content, Methods, and Meaning are on a shelf with no space between the volumes. Each volume is 1 inch thick without its covers. Each cover is 18inch thick. See the following figure. A bookworm bores horizontally from the first page of Volume 1 to the last page of Volume III. How far does the bookworm travel?

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Section10.3: Areas Of Parallelograms
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Three volumes of the series Mathemat ics: Its Content, Methods, and Meaning are on a shelf with no space between the volumes. Each volume is 1 inch thick without its covers. Each cover is 18inch thick. See the following figure. A bookworm bores horizontally from the first page of Volume 1 to the last page of Volume III. How far does the bookworm travel?

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