Question

Derek's car has run out of gasoline. He walks 24 km west and then 10 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

the value of h is √676km

Explanation:

The computation of the value of h is shown below

Here we apply the Pythagoreus theorem

= 24^2 + 10^2

= 576 + 100

= √676

Hence, the value of h is √676km

We simply determine by using the Pythagoreus theorem