Posted by blake on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 10:29pm.
He walked a total of 12 miles north and 16 miles east.
The Pythagorean Theorem will show the distance of the diagonal back to where he started.
12^2 + 16^2 = c^2
Solve for c.
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