Question

If you are on a ship at sea navigating to a point that is 300 miles north and 400 miles west, find the distance from tour ship to that point. Show your work.

Answer 1

`\huge \boxed{\mathrm{500 \ miles}}`

Explanation:

A right triangle is formed.

300 miles and 400 miles are the legs of the triangle.

We can apply Pythagorean theorem.

`c=√(300^2 +400^2 )`

`c=√(90000 +160000)`

`c=√(250000)`

`c=500`