Question 1090219: a man traveled 6 miles east and then turned right to travel 3 miles.again he turned right to travel 4 miles.how far he is now from starting point?
Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source):
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If we map East as the +x axis, North as +y axis, and assume he starts at the origin (0,0), then his path is
(0,0) to (6,0) to (6,-3) to (2, -3), so the answer is the same as the distance from (0,0) to (2,-3):
 or about 3.60555 miles.
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