SOLUTION: You start driving north for 24 miles, turn right, and drive east for another 10 miles. At the end of driving, what is your straight line distance from your starting point?
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Question 1154285: You start driving north for 24 miles, turn right, and drive east for another 10 miles. At the end of driving, what is your straight line distance from your starting point?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Right triangle, legs 24 and 10. Find hypotenuse using Pythagorean Theorem formula.
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