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Puzzle 7  

The Hungry Bookworm

I have a 2 volume encyclopedia arranged from A to M and from N to Z. When I took them down from the bookshelf I discovered that a bookworm had eaten all the way from Aardvark to Zulu.

Question

Given that the pages constitute a thickness of about 10 cm in each volume and the individual covers are 1 mm thick how far in total had the bookworm munched?
 Answer  

Puzzles from series two
 
1. Wheels on Wheels
2. Running from the Train
3. Olympic Medals
4. Flying the Banner
5. Ox and Plough
6. Hamlet
7. The Hungry Bookworm
8. The Poet
9. Phrase Code

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