Question

You start driving north for 6 miles, turn right, and drive east for another 19 miles. At

the end of driving, what is your straight line distance from your starting point?
Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.
Answer:
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Answer 1

The guy above is wrong it’s actually 19.9 since it’s rounded to the first tenth of a mile

Step-by-step explanation:
6^2 + 19^2 = C^2
36 + 361 = 397
C = √397 = 19.9248… ≈ 19.9

Answer 2

20 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a Pythagorean Theorem Problem

1. We know that one side of the triangle is 6 miles. And we know that another side is 19 miles.

2. We use the pythagorean Theorem to solve. We get

`19^2+6^2=C^2`

Where C is the distance.

Solving that we get that 20 miles is the answer.