SOLUTION: can you please help me solve this problem?? Hulk left home and walked 8 blocks west. then he turned and walked 6 blocks north. if each block is 500ft long how far is hulk from hom

Question 396391: can you please help me solve this problem??
Hulk left home and walked 8 blocks west. then he turned and walked 6 blocks north. if each block is 500ft long how far is hulk from home??
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hulk left home and walked 8 blocks west.
then he turned and walked 6 blocks north.
if each block is 500ft long how far is hulk from home??
:
Each direction forms the a leg of a right triangle, the dist (d) from home is the hypotenuse,
:
d^2 = (8*500)^2 + (6*500)^2
:
put in your calc:
d =
:
d = 5000 ft from home
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