SOLUTION: Suppose your travel north for 65 kilometers then travel east 75 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point? Answer: Show work here:

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Question 81816: Suppose your travel north for 65 kilometers then travel east 75 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point?
Answer:
Show work here:
Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source):
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Starting Point ..... A right triangle ....
65^2 + 75^2 = d^2
4,225 + 5,625 = d^2
9,850 = d^2
About 99.25km