SOLUTION: starting from his office stephen rode his bike 5 kms in the south direction then he took a left turn and rode his bike for another 12 kms and reached his house how far is his hous

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Question 1034926: starting from his office stephen rode his bike 5 kms in the south direction then he took a left turn and rode his bike for another 12 kms and reached his house how far is his house from the office represented in kilometres
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starting from his office stephen rode his bike 5 kms in the south direction then he took a left turn and rode his bike
for another 12 kms and reached his house how far is his house from the office represented in kilometres.
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Do you see a right-angled triangle from your description?


They ask you about the hypotenuse of this triangle.

To find the length of the hypotenuse, apply the Pythagorean theorem.

The hypotenuse is  =  =  = 13 km.

Answer. 13 km.


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