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( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #283536 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! you are 6 miles south and 4 miles east from the house \n" ); document.write( ".. \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 \n" ); document.write( " |