Question 252566: the distance between two cities is southwest ten miles. to dive, you must travel 8 miles east. how many miles north will you have to drive?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Step 1 - draw a segment going from northeast to southwest. Call is 10 miles. Create a right triangle with lines going east and then south. Label the east 8 miles. You have created a right triangle with a = a (north / south), b = 8, and
c = 10. Use Pythagorean theorem to find a.
a = 6 miles north.
(