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you start driving east with 14 miles turn left and Drive North for another 10 miles at the end of driving what is your straight line distance from your starting point​

User Jens Kohl
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Answer:

17.205 miles

Explanation:

Since these directions form a 90-degree angle, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem.

14^2 + 10^2 = c^2

196 + 100 = c^2

296 = c^2

It doesn't have a perfect square root, you can either say that it is
√(296) or approximately 17.205 miles.

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