SOLUTION: you bike 12 miles north & 2 miles east.What is the straight-line distance from your starting point ?
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Question 1035067: you bike 12 miles north & 2 miles east.What is the straight-line distance from your starting point ?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12^2+2^2=c^2
144+4=148
c=sqrt148
c=12.16miles
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