A wire is bent into the shape shown below. BCE is a straight line and CDE is a semicircle radius 1m and centre O. Two ants,...

      

A wire is bent into the shape shown below. BCE is a straight line and CDE is a semicircle radius 1m and centre O. Two
ants, starting at the same time moved at equal speeds along the wire from points A and E respectively. How far from C
did they meet?

  

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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 7, 2019 at 06:37

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