SOLUTION: if you drive 8 miles south, then make a left turn and drive 6 miles east, how far are you, in a straight line, from your starting point?

SOLUTION: if you drive 8 miles south, then make a left turn and drive 6 miles east, how far are you, in a straight line, from your starting point?

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Question 732203: if you drive 8 miles south, then make a left turn and drive 6 miles east, how far are you, in a straight line, from your starting point?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if you drive 8 miles south, then make a left turn and drive 6 miles east, how far are you, in a straight line, from your starting point?
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That makes a right triangle with legs of 6 & 8 miles.
Use Pythagoras to find the hypotenuse.

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