document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=758162>Question 758162</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Pascale leaves the office to go home. She walks 12 blocks due north and then 9 blocks due west. How far is she from the office? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Consider a right angled triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Upright face = 12 blocks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Base face = 9 blocks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance from office - hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 12^2 + 9^2 = hypotenuse^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 144 + 81 = hypotenuse^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Hypotenuse = square root of 225<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Hypotenuse = 15 blocks.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pascale is 15 blocks distance from her office.<BR>\n" );
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