SOLUTION: Suppose you travel north for 65 kilometers then travel east 75 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point?

Question 29233: Suppose you travel north for 65 kilometers then travel east 75 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point?
Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Look at the lines you travel as a right triangle. You go 65km up and to the east 75km, so the right triangle has the legs of 65km and 75km.
c^2=a^2+b^2 the formula
c^2=(65)^2+(75)^2 simplifying
c^2=4225+5625 simplifying
c^2=9850 combine
c=(9850)^(1/2) square root the equation
c=5(394)^(1/2) is your answer!
you are about 99.24716621 km from your starting point
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