SOLUTION: John’s barn is 200 yards due north of his house and his tractor is 300
yards due east of his house. How many yards must he walk to go directly from his tractor
to his barn if h
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Question 680252: John’s barn is 200 yards due north of his house and his tractor is 300
yards due east of his house. How many yards must he walk to go directly from his tractor
to his barn if he walks in a straight line?
(A) 10 13 (B) 500 (C) 100 13 (D) 400 (E) 500
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
John’s barn is 200 yards due north of his house and his tractor is 300 yards due east of his house.
How many yards must he walk to go directly from his tractor to his barn if he walks in a straight line?
:
This is a pythag problem; a^2 + b^2 = c^2, where
a = 200
b = 300
c = dist from tractor to barn (hypotenuse)
:
c =
c = 360.555 yds, which is none of the above
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