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A person travels 10 miles due north, then 5 miles due west, then 14 miles due north and then 12 miles due east. How far is that person from their starting point?’
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A person travels 10 miles due north, then 5 miles due west, then 14 miles due north and then 12 miles due east. How far is that person from their starting point?’

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If you draw out the steps, you can see that you can use Pythagorean’s theorem and solve for the hypotenuse of the triangle, which represents how far away the person is
A person travels 10 miles due north, then 5 miles due west, then 14 miles due north-example-1
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