document.write( "Question 1001550: Lisa drives her car fourty-six miles south, then thirteen miles east. How far is she from where she started? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #618678 by fractalier(6550) You can put this solution on YOUR website! We are asked to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle of legs 46 miles and 13 miles. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "is what we use to find c. \n" ); document.write( "c^2 = 46^2 + 13^2 \n" ); document.write( "c^2 = 2116 + 169 \n" ); document.write( "c^2 = 2285 so that \n" ); document.write( "c = 47.8 miles \n" ); document.write( " |