SOLUTION: A car is driven 12miles west and then 5miles north. How far is the car from the starting point?

Question 152633: A car is driven 12miles west and then 5miles north. How far is the car from the starting point?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let x be east-west distance(east positive, west negative).
Let y be north-south distance(north positive, south negative).
Start at (x,y)=(0,0).
Go to (x,y)=(-12,5).

The car is 13 miles from the starting point.

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