A man drove 5 miles directly east from his home, made a left turn at an intersection, and then traveled 11 miles duc north to his place of work. If a road was made directly from his home to his place of work, what would its distance be?

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Lyric Shepard

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A man drove 5 miles directly east from his home, made a left turn at an intersection, and then traveled 11 miles duc north to his place of work. If a road was made directly from his home to his place of work, what would its distance be?

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Lailah Walter · Answer 1

Answer: About 12.083

Explanation:

In order to solve this you would use Pythagorean theorem.

You are given the length of the two legs (5 and 11)

So by plugging in 5 and 11 into A Squared plus B Squared = C Squared, you get that C^2 = 146.

By finding the square root of both sides you get square root of 146, which is approximately 12.803