Question 195826: a boat travels 4 miles south then 10 miles east, how far is the boat from its starting point? Found 2 solutions by edjones, solver91311:Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There is a right triangle formed. we need to find the hypotenuse.
a^2+b^2=c^2
16+100=116
sqrt(116)
=sqrt(29*4)
=2sqrt(29)
=10.77... mi
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Ed
