SOLUTION: suppose you travel north for 35 kilometers then travel east 65 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point? North and east can be considered the directions of the y-and

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Question 63623: suppose you travel north for 35 kilometers then travel east 65 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point? North and east can be considered the directions of the y-and x-axis respectively. Round to the tenth's place.
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suppose you travel north for 35 kilometers then travel east 65 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point? North and east can be considered the directions of the y-and x-axis respectively. Round to the tenth's place.
Use the Pythagorean Theorem. You have a right triangle with one side being 35 and the other being 65. The distance is the hypotenuse of that triangle:
D%5E2+=+35%5E2%2B65%5E2+=+1225%2B4225+=+5450 so D+=+sqrt%285450%29+=+73.8 kilometers.