SOLUTION: Suppose you were north for 35 kilometers then travel east 65 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point? North and east can be considered the directions of the y and x-ax

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Question 71745: Suppose you were north for 35 kilometers then travel east 65 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point? North and east can be considered the directions of the y and x-axis respectively. Round to the tenth's place.
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Suppose you were north for 35 kilometers then travel east 65 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point? North and east can be considered the directions of the y and x-axis respectively. Round to the tenth's place.
If you were to draw the lines of your travel, you'd make a right triangle with
one leg=35km
another leg=65km
The hypotenuse of the right triangle would be the distance from the origin, which is your starting point.
The Pythagorean Theorem is , where c=hypotenuse and a,b are legs.






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