Question

a crow flies to a point that is 1 mile east and 20 miles south of its starting point. how far does the crow fly?

Answer 1

Make it into a right Triangle then use the pythagorean theorem (a^2+b^2=c^2) to solve for C which will give you your answer.

Answer 2

Crow flew 20.02 miles.

Explanation:

A crow flies to a point in the east = 1 miles

Then it flies to a point in the south = 20 miles

Now we have to calculate the distance x between the crow and initial point.

Therefore, distance x =
`\sqrt{(\text{Distance of the crow in the east})^(2)+(\text{Distance of the crow in the south})^(2)}`

[By Pythagoras theorem]

x =
`\sqrt{1^(2)+(20)^(2)}`

=
`√(1+400)`

=
`√(401)`

= 20.02 miles

Crow is 20.02 miles away.