SOLUTION: If you walk 2.0 miles, turn right and walk due west for 2.1 miles, then how far are you from the place you started, as measured along a straight line between the starting point and

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Question 613714: If you walk 2.0 miles, turn right and walk due west for 2.1 miles, then how far are you from the place you started, as measured along a straight line between the starting point and ending point.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 

Hi, 

If you walk 2.0 miles, turn right and walk due west for 2.1 miles, 

how far are you from the place you started

(as measured along a straight line between the starting point and ending point)

Draw a picture in Your mind or on paper of the right triangle formed

 sqrt%282%5E2+%2B+%282.1%29%5E2%29%29 = far are you from the place you started = 2.9 mi