document.write( "Question 475695: Some students found a pirate treasure map with the following clues: \"Take ye 20 paces East of the old oak tree; then 15 North and 18 West. Walk 9 paces North and another 5 East and here ye find me tresure.\" How many paces, in a straight line, was the treasure from the oak tree? \n" ); document.write( "

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Some students found a pirate treasure map with the following clues:
\n" ); document.write( "\"Take ye 20 paces East of the old oak tree; then 15 North and 18 West.
\n" ); document.write( "Walk 9 paces North and another 5 East and here ye find me treasure.\"
\n" ); document.write( " How many paces, in a straight line, was the treasure from the oak tree?
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\n" ); document.write( "The best way to do this is to draw and label a near scale diagram of the given instructions'
\n" ); document.write( "Drop a perpendicular line from the treasure to the \"20 paces east\" line
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\n" ); document.write( "Upon inspection of the your diagram it will become apparent that the straight
\n" ); document.write( "line from the treasure to the oak tree, is the hypotenuse
\n" ); document.write( "The perpendicular line is the sum of the two northern moves, 15+9 = 24 paces
\n" ); document.write( "the other leg is the dist from the oak tree to the perpendicular line which is
\n" ); document.write( "7 paces
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\n" ); document.write( "h = $\"sqrt%2824%5E2%2B7%5E2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "h = 25 paces from the oak tree to the treasure \n" ); document.write( "

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