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  • 01-12-2018
  • Mathematics
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John leaves school to go home. He walks 6 blocks North and then 8 blocks west. How far is John from the school?

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jimrgrant1 jimrgrant1
  • 01-12-2018

Answer:

10 units

Step-by-step explanation:

6 north , then 8 west forms a right triangle, where the hypotenuse is the distance( d) between home and school

Using Pythagoras' identity then

d² = 6² + 8² = 36 + 64 = 100

take the square root of both sides

d = [tex]\sqrt{100}[/tex] = 10


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