Question 1008674: A person start from his house walks 100 meter south take a left turn and walk 75 metre east . How far he from the stating point Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Consider this to be a Pythagorean Theorem problem. The distance is just the hypotenuse of a right triangle, and so...
c^2 = a^2 + b^2
c^2 = 100^2 + 75^2
c^2 = 10000 + 5625 = 15625
c = 125 m
