document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1169481>Question 1169481</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The question states<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A car drives 120km north and then turns east, driving an additional 200km. How far is the starting position from the destination?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #794240 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52858)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=794240\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"how far\" depends on how you measure, &nbsp;or determine, &nbsp;or define it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The shortest distance along a straight line is the hypotenuse of the right angled triangle,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and you can find it applying the &nbsp;Pythagorean theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But if you measure it as the distance to travel along the roads &nbsp;(the highways),<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then the distance is the sum of legs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This &nbsp;\"problem\"  &nbsp;does not make the difference between a True Math problem and a puzzle - - - therefore it admits different answers,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which &nbsp;NEVER &nbsp;may happen with a &nbsp;True &nbsp;Math .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As worded, &nbsp;posted, &nbsp;formulated and presented, &nbsp;it is a typical puzzle and a provocation, &nbsp;instead of to be a Math problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I see it every day at this forum, &nbsp;that the visitors who post &nbsp;(compose) &nbsp;problems to the forum, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simply don't know the difference between the puzzles and &nbsp;Math problems, or intently hit this difference to confuse the readers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is not the way to teach Math.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For me as a car's driver, the shortest way is the way I know the best . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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