SOLUTION: A slice of cake is 20 metres due east and 10 metres due south. Another slice is 15 metres due west and 15 metres due north. Which slice of cake am I closer to?
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Question 1039178: A slice of cake is 20 metres due east and 10 metres due south. Another slice is 15 metres due west and 15 metres due north. Which slice of cake am I closer to?
Answer by ikleyn(52810) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The second one.
Use Pythagorean theorem.
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