This riddle has been around for some time on internet platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and many people still argue over what the answer might be, as there are many possibilities. The correct answer is The path was 5000 paces long. If the path is straightened out into a line, its area equals the area of the whole square, that is, 100 x 100 square paces. Dividing the result by the width of the path gives the length (or the solution).