SOLUTION: Choose the most efficient strategy for solving the following problem: A group of surveyors left their base camp and traveled 50 km east, then 20 km north, then 10 km west, then 50

Question 281785: Choose the most efficient strategy for solving the following problem: A group of surveyors left their base camp and traveled 50 km east, then 20 km north, then 10 km west, then 50 km south. How far were they from their base camp?
a. look for a pattern
b. draw a diagram
c. work backward
d. make a chart
Next question is to solve this problem.
a. 50km
b. 130km
c. 92 km
d. they were back at their base camp.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
draw a diagram
the legs of the right triangle are 30 and 40 so the hypotenuse is 50

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