SOLUTION: Mark travels 9 miles East and then 12 miles North. How far is Mark from the starting point?
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Question 818263: Mark travels 9 miles East and then 12 miles North. How far is Mark from the starting point?
Answer by balthazar612(14) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
according to pythagoras theorem
= = 81+ 144
=225
=
X= 15
So he will be 15 miles away from the start point
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