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Question 1083733: Please can you help me solve this problem-
Puneet goes 12 km due east and 16km due north.Find his distance from the starting point.
Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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It's a right triangle.
Find the hypotenuse.

Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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Pythagoras:
sqrt(12^2+16^2)
:
Did you make a drawing? I did. Always draw a problem, especially in geometry.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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Please can you help me solve this problem-
Puneet goes 12 km due east and 16km due north.Find his distance from the starting point.
This is a 3-4-5 Pythag. triple, times 4, so distance is: 5(4), or 20 km.