Homework Help: physics

Posted by frank on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 10:48pm.

A person desires to reach a point that is 1.70 km from her present location and in a direction that is 40.0° north of east. However, she must travel along streets that are oriented either north-south or east-west. What is the minimum distance she could travel to reach her destination?

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