Question

Anthony had to travel 24 miles north and then 7 miles west. Find the shortest distance between the starting and the end points.

30 miles
36 miles
25 miles
39 miles

Answer 1

Answer:
25 miles

Step-by-step explanation:
To make it easy dray two lines one to the north the other to the west then draw the shortest way you will have a t triangle with side length 24,7 to find the hypotenuse(shortest way) use the Pythagorean theorem a^2+b^2=c^2