SOLUTION: john walks 1 mile north and 2 miles east from his house to get to work. john then walks 2 mile north and 2 miles east from his work to a restaurant for lunch. what is the distance

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Question 1024560: john walks 1 mile north and 2 miles east from his house to get to work. john then walks 2 mile north and 2 miles east from his work to a restaurant for lunch. what is the distance from the restaurant to his house

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So in total he walked 3 miles north and 4 miles east.
In walking distance it would be
In actual distance, use the Pythagorean theorem,




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