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A man drives 4km to the north and 3km to the east find distance between starting point and terminating point
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\n" ); document.write( "Apply Pythagorean theorem:
\n" ); document.write( "Let x = distance
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\n" ); document.write( "4^2 + 3^2 = x^2
\n" ); document.write( "16 + 9 = x^2
\n" ); document.write( "25 = x^2
\n" ); document.write( "5km = x
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