SOLUTION: if you rode your bike from your house 6 miles south , then 6 miles west , then another 10 miles east , how far are you (directly) from your house?
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Question 400456: if you rode your bike from your house 6 miles south , then 6 miles west , then another 10 miles east , how far are you (directly) from your house?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you are 6 miles south and 4 miles east from the house
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Use pythagoras theorem
6 & 4 are the legs
D= hypotenuse
The direct distance D will be sqrt(6^2+4^2)
=sqrt36+16
=sqrt52
=7.2 miles from the house
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