FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Brainteaser

The Bookworm’s Journey. A bookworm eats through a sequence of books aligned next to each other on a shelf. Each book is exactly 1 inch thick. The bookworm starts on the first page of the first book and eats straight through to the last page of the third book. How many inches has the bookworm eaten through?

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