document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "
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you are 6 miles south and 4 miles east from the house
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\n" ); document.write( "Use pythagoras theorem
\n" ); document.write( "6 & 4 are the legs
\n" ); document.write( "D= hypotenuse
\n" ); document.write( "The direct distance D will be sqrt(6^2+4^2)
\n" ); document.write( "=sqrt36+16
\n" ); document.write( "=sqrt52
\n" ); document.write( "=7.2 miles from the house
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