Question

While traveling to your friend's house, you begin by going 0.7 miles due south, followed by turning due east and traveling 2.4 miles. To the nearest tenth of a mile, what is the approximate distance from your house to your friend's house? Please consider drawing a diagram.

Answer 1

The approximate distance from my house to my friends house is 2.5 miles.

Since we have a right angle triangle, we can use pythagoras ;

• Hypotenus = √opposite² + adjacent²

Inputting the values;

Approximate distance = √2.4² + 0.7²

distance = 2.5 miles

Hence, the approximate distance is 2.5 miles.