SOLUTION: Suppose you travel north for 35 kilometers then travel east 65 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point? How do you solve an equation like this?

Question 24655: Suppose you travel north for 35 kilometers then travel east 65 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point?
How do you solve an equation like this?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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35 km N
65 km east
north and east are at right angles to eachother, so use the pythagorean theorem
which says hypoteneuse=
where x and y are the legs of the right triangle

note that 35^2 = (5 * 7)^2 = 5^2 * 7^2
and also 65^2 = (5 * 13)^2 = 5^2 * 13^2

calculate this for the answer
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