Hawick is 15 kilometers south of Abbotsford, and Kelso is 17 kilometers east of Abbotsford.

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Dom Hede · Answer 1 · 2021-07-27T22:11:31+0000

Hawick is 15 kilometers south of Abbotsford, and Kelso is 17 kilometers east of Abbotsford. What is the distance from Hawick to Kelso? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a km.

Answer:

22.7 km

Explanation:

The shape formed by this problem is a right triangle which is attached.

We apply Pythagoras Theorem

$x^2=17^2+15^2\\x^2=514\\x=22.7\: km$

The distance from Hawick to Kelso is 22.7 km (to the nearest tenth of a km)

Hawick is 15 kilometers south of Abbotsford, and Kelso is 17 kilometers east of Abbotsford-example-1

Hawick is 15 kilometers south of Abbotsford, and Kelso is 17 kilometers east of Abbotsford.

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