SOLUTION: Kathy leaves her house and heads North she walks 15 feet and turned us and walks another 18 feet what is the shortest distance for a Kathy to walk back to her house

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Question 1035964: Kathy leaves her house and heads North she walks 15 feet and turned us and walks another 18 feet what is the shortest distance for a Kathy to walk back to her house
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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She turned "us?" I'm thinking you meant east...
Anyway the Pythagorean distance for the hypotenuse of sides 15 and 18 is found by
c^2 = a^2 + b^2 = 15^2 + 18^2 = 225 + 324 = 549
c = 23.43 feet or so