SOLUTION: Suppose you ride your bicycle 1 mile west, then 6 miles north, and then 4 miles southwest. What is the total distance (in miles) between your initial point and your final point?

SOLUTION: Suppose you ride your bicycle 1 mile west, then 6 miles north, and then 4 miles southwest. What is the total distance (in miles) between your initial point and your final point?

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Question 484006: Suppose you ride your bicycle 1 mile west, then 6 miles north, and then 4 miles southwest. What is the total distance (in miles) between your initial point and your final point?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1)2+(6)2=37
Distance left = √37-4=6.08277-4=2.08277 miles..
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