Question

Fred's car has run out of gasoline. He walks 4 km west and then 3 km south looking for a gasoline station. If he is now h km directly from his starting point, find the value of h

Answer 1

5 km

Explanation:

From. The question, the triangle formed us a right angled triangle,

h km directly from starting point is the hypotenus, h :

Hypotenus = sqrt(opposite² + Adjacent²)

h = sqrt(4² + 3²)

h = sqrt(16 + 9)

h = sqrt(25)

h = 5 km