Question 1058844
10 yards out and 10 yards to the right forms a right triangles with each leg being 10 yards in length.


a right triangle with legs of equal length is a 45 degree right triangle.


the hypotenuse of such a right triangle would be equal to sqrt(10^2 + 10^2) which is equal to sqrt(100 + 100) which is equal to sqrt(200) which is equal to sqrt(2*100) which is equal to sqrt(2)*sqrt(100) which is equal to sqrt(2)*10 which is equal to 10*sqrt(2).


if you travel along the legs of this right triangle, you are traveling a total distance of 20 years.


if you travel along the hypotenuse of this right triangle, you are traveling a total distance of 10 * sqrt(2) yards.


here's a picture of the triangle formed.


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