lovechrist lovechrist
  • 02-05-2016
  • Mathematics
contestada

Isaiah walks 3 miles due north, turns and then 5 miles due east. How far is he from his starting point?

Respuesta :

AL2006
AL2006 AL2006
  • 02-05-2016
The two segments of his walk can be considered the two legs
of a right triangle.

His distance from his starting point is the hypotenuse of the triangle,
so to find its length, we can call on Old Man Pythagoras to help us.

         Distance²  =  (3)² + (5)²

         Distance  =  √(9 + 25)  =  √34

                                            =  5.831 miles  (rounded) .


Answer Link

Otras preguntas

Please help me Which number can be written as 200+10+7 207 210 217 271 help me thanks
List all the factor pairs of 48
name a 2 digit number that is a odd that is prime
what are two things that increased power output
Why did Spanish leaders want to push Spanish control into North America in the mid 1500s
Which would be the least helpful for supporting interpretations about the lives of late nineteenth-century immigrants?
Back in the early Thanksgiving celebrations, they also liked sporting events and took bets. Of course it wasn't football back then. Which sport was it? (a) Shoo
what is software written by software developers using computer-readable codes called
is 1,1,2,3 an Arithmetic Sequences
Which word correctly completes the sentence? We are already well __________ the point of no return. a. passed b. past