goldpant60 goldpant60
  • 23-03-2021
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A boat travels 45 miles east (right) then 60 miles north (up), how far is it from the starting point?​

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fatim2345
fatim2345 fatim2345
  • 23-03-2021

A boat travels 45 miles east then 60 miles north, how far is it from where it started. Draw this. The hypotenuse of the right triangle is the square root (45^2)+(60^2)=square root of 2025=3600=square root of 5625, or 75 miles.

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dauyds
dauyds dauyds
  • 23-03-2021

Answer:

ok, the boat traveled on 2 lines of a triangle, so use the

Pythagorean Theorem to determine the third side.

75 miles

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