document.write( "Question 1142872: A boy moves 4 miles south. Then he turns 90 degrees to the left. He moves forward 6 miles. He turns 90 degrees to the left. He moves forward 4 miles. How far is he now than from his starting point?
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document.write( "We can assume that the boy started at the origin of the coordinate plane, at the point (x,y) = (0,0).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then his consecutive starting-turning-ending points on the coordinate plane are\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (0,0)  ----> (0,-4) ---->  (6,-4) ---->  (6,0).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The distance between the starting and ending points is 6 miles.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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