A rectangular room is 38 units long, 20 units wide, and 10 units high.
On each end wall there is a switch 5 units off the ground and 1 unit away from the side wall.
The 2 switches are diametrically/diagonally opposed.
What is the shortest piece of wire that can be used to connect the 2 switches.
answers to 2 decimal places please.
The wire must run along the inside surfaces of the room and not through the air.
A unit can be any unit of measurement you are comfortable with even cubits

The first correct answer will receive 5WRZ$ reward but will be expected to explain how they reached the answer.

 

Straight trough the air: 42.05 units
Longing wall/floor: 51.26 units

answer to along surfaces is incorrect.
try again
Have edited post to specify that wire must travel along the inside surfaces of the room.

5WRZ$ still up for grabs

Oh and for the topologists out there the room is required to remain the same shape afterwards and is anchored to this space time continuum

Is this your room, sherlockx?



Then my second guess is: 52 units

Yes that is the room exactly Guy but what is your second guess?
Anyone want a hint? no
Drat & I really wanted to give that hint it is an absolutely awful paranomasia

No hint yet please. Let's think first.

If all agree, of course.

Guy1731

Hum,

green line: straight down to the floor, diagonal accross: 52 units
red line: straight from switch to switch, if you imagine to bend the outer wals to the ground for a moment...: 51.26 units



Anyone sees a shorter way?

hehehehehehehehehehehe

I said NO HINTS, Sherlockx!

Guy1731

ok Boss my mouth is sealed

I could use some help here, guys. Anyone has an idea?

(not you, Sherlockx! )

OK, last guess before the hint:

48 units.

Guy1731

wrong and now for the hint.
Skip to the end of this post if you do not like puns

A tribe of Native Americans generally referred to their woman by the animal hide with which they made their blanket. Thus, one woman might be known as Squaw of Buffalo Hide, while another might be known as Squaw of Deer Hide. This tribe had a particularly large and strong woman, with a very unique (for North America anyway) animal hide for her blanket. This woman was known as Squaw of Hippopotamus hide, and she was as large and powerful as the animal from which her blanket was made.
Year after year, this woman entered the tribal wrestling tournament, and easily defeated all challengers; male or female. As the men of the tribe admired her strength and power, this made many of the other woman of the tribe extremely jealous. One year, two of the squaws petitioned the Chief to allow them to enter their sons together as a wrestling tandem in order to wrestle Squaw of the Hippopotamus hide as a team. In this way, they hoped to see that she would no longer be champion wrestler of the tribe.
As the luck of the draw would have it, the two sons who were wrestling as a tandem met the squaw in the final and championship round of the wrestling contest. As the match began, it became clear that the squaw had finally met an opponent that was her equal. The two sons wrestled and struggled vigorously and were clearly on an equal footing with the powerful squaw. Their match lasted for hours without a clear victor. Finally the chief intervened and declared that, in the interests of the health and safety of the wrestlers, the match was to be terminated and that he would declare a winner.
The chief retired to his teepee and contemplated the great struggle he had witnessed, and found it extremely difficult to decide a winner. While the two young men had clearly outmatched the squaw, he found it difficult to force the squaw to relinquish her tribal championship. After all, it had taken two young men to finally provide her with a decent match. Finally, after much deliberation, the chief came out from his teepee, and announced his decision. He said...
"The Squaw of the Hippopotamus hide is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides"
You will all kick yourselves when the answer is revealed so I suggest you take up a hobby to calm yourselves say origami

Nice hint... Sherlockx...

I specially like the "You will all kick yourselves..." part.

WE thank you for the tip... (must be in the ORIGAMI thing... )

Guy1731

Yes that is the hint Guy.
I have seen other members browsing this topic. So either the problem is so simple they disdain to answer it or they think a square is a place in a town to hang out.
Sherlockx ends this post wondering how many rainforests Guy1731 will need to find the solution.