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Jacks car has out of gasoline, he walks 12 km west and then 9 km south looking for a gasoline station, if he is now h km directly from his starting point find the value of h

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Answer:

h = 20 km

Explanation:

Mario's path forms a right triangle with legs 16 km and 12 km and hypotenuse h. Let's use the Pythagorean Theorem (a² + b² = c²) to solve for h.

16² + 12² = h²

256 + 144 = h²

400 = h²

h = 20 km

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