SOLUTION: After you leave your house, you walk 10 blocks east and 6 blocks south. How far are you from your house? I am ___________ ______ blocks from my house

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Question 880543: After you leave your house, you walk 10 blocks east and 6 blocks south. How far are you from your house?

I am __________________ blocks from my house
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After you leave your house, you walk 10 blocks east and 6 blocks south. How far are you from your house?
By the pythagorean theorem:sqrt%2810%5E2%2B6%5E2%29=sqrt%28100%2B36%29=sqrt%28136%29=11.66 (rounded)
How far are you from your house? 11.66 blocks