An ant is at one corner of a cubic box and wants to reach the opposite corner. The ant can travel in two ways. Path 1: The ant walks along three edges of the cube (length, then width, then height). Path 2: The ant burrows directly through the center of the cube in a straight line. Which of the following is closest to how much shorter Path 2 is, compared to Path 1?
35%
40%
42%
45%
50%