Question

14. A ship sails 20 km due North and then 35 km due East.
How far is it from its starting point

Answer 1

Answer:

distance from starting point is 40.31 km

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

c ≈ 40.3 km

Step-by-step explanation:

assuming the ship made a 90-degree turn from north to east what this problem represents is finding the hypotenuse of a right triangle

we can use the Pythagorean Theorem:

a² + b² = c²  where 'a' and 'b' are the legs and 'c' is the hypotenuse

20² + 35² = c²

400 + 1225 = c²

1625 = c²

$\sqrt{1625}$ = c

c ≈ 40.3 km