Question

A boat travels 45 miles east (right) then 60 miles north (up), how far is it from the starting point?​

Answer 1

ok, the boat traveled on 2 lines of a triangle, so use the

Pythagorean Theorem to determine the third side.

75 miles

Answer 2

A boat travels 45 miles east then 60 miles north, how far is it from where it started. Draw this. The hypotenuse of the right triangle is the square root (45^2)+(60^2)=square root of 2025=3600=square root of 5625, or 75 miles.