Homework Help: Pythagorean Theorem

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 6:32pm.

Jan skips 5 miles north, 4 miles east, 6 miles north, 16 miles east and 4 miles north. How far is Jan from where she started?

Pythagorean Theorem - Damon, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 6:38pm
5 + 6 + 4 N + 15 N

4 + 16 E = 20 E

sqrt(225 + 400)

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