No, because as William said "assuming normal arrangement of the volumes on a shelf", volume 1 is to the left of Volume 2, which is left of Volume 3. So only the front cover of Volume 1, all of Volume 2, and the back cover of Volume 3 need be traversed.
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From: chris [mailto:cb_at_mythtech.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:27 PM
To: Classic Computer
Subject: Re: bugs!
>3 + 5/8 if you're going to start inside V1 and they're all 1" thick and 5
>covers to go through.
wouldn't it be 3.5 inches? Starts page 1 vol 1, ends last page vol 3, so
that's only 4 covers to go thru (back of vol 1, front of vol 2, back of
vol 2, front vol 3).
So that's 3 books of pages at 1 inch per book, 3 * 1 = 3
4 covers at 1/8 per cover is 4 * 1/8 = 4/8 = 1/2
3 inches of text + 1/2 inch of covers = 3.5 inches that the worm travels.
-chris
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