Question

15. Lorie starts a scavenger hunt at a laundromat.

She walks 12 meters west and then 5 meters
south. What is the direct distance between Lorie's
final destination and the laundromat?
A. 13 m
B. 17 m
C. 30 m
D. 34 m

Answer 1

Lorie walks 12 meters west and 5 meters south... they’re trying to find the diagonal distance between the laundromat and her final destination. So that would mean you would use the Pythagorean Theorem, which is a^2+b^2=c^2

Answer 2

B. 17 Meters.