Question

You start driving north for 3 miles, turn right and drive east for another 4 miles at the end of driving what is your straight line distance from your point

Answer 1

5

Explanation:

3[2]+4[2]=c[2]

9+16=c[2]

`√(25)`=5

Answer 2

Answer: 5 miles

Explanation:

What we have here is a simple triangle whose hypothenuse is the straight line we're looking for.

Since we have both sides, a, and b, we can simply use pythagorean teorem to solve.

`c^2=a^2+b^2\\c=\sqrt[]{a^2+b^2}\\ c=\sqrt[]{3^2+4^2}\\ c=\sqrt[]{9+16} \\c=\sqrt[]{25}\\ c=5`