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Mary walks 4 miles north and then turns and walks 5 miles west. How far is she from her original starting point?
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Mary walks 4 miles north and then turns and walks 5 miles west How far is she from her original starting point?
If she started from the south pole, then she'll wind up 4 miles from her starting point after this series of maneuvers. If she started on or near the equator, then the final distance is roughly 6.4 miles.
Omar drives a car five miles north then five miles west then five miles south How many miles is he likely to be from his starting point?
The obvious answer is 5 miles. The not-so-obvious part is it depends on where he is when he starts. If he is on the equator, he is five miles from his point of origin. If his starting point was the south pole, and he drives five miles north, then west, then south, he will arrive back at his starting point. Before you disagree, consider that he is driving on a sphere not a flat plain.
A boat travels due east for a distance of 15 miles It then travel due north for a distance of 20 miles at which point it drops anchor How many miles is the boat far from it's starting point?
25 miles
How can you travel 3 miles south and then 3 miles east and then 3 miles north and be at your starting place?
You can start near the South Pole - 3 miles North of any point on a latitude that encircles the earth an integer number of times in 3 miles; or you can start at the North Pole.
A boat travels due east for a distance of 15 miles. It then travels due north for distace of 20 miles. How many miles is the boat from it's starting point?
25 miles.
Mary walks 4 miles north and then turns and walks 5 miles west How far is she from her original starting point?
If she started from the south pole, then she'll wind up 4 miles from her starting point after this series of maneuvers. If she started on or near the equator, then the final distance is roughly 6.4 miles.
A car travels 5 miles north and 12 miles west. How far is the car from its starting point?
13 miles
Omar drives a car five miles north then five miles west then five miles south How many miles is he likely to be from his starting point?
The obvious answer is 5 miles. The not-so-obvious part is it depends on where he is when he starts. If he is on the equator, he is five miles from his point of origin. If his starting point was the south pole, and he drives five miles north, then west, then south, he will arrive back at his starting point. Before you disagree, consider that he is driving on a sphere not a flat plain.
A boat travels due east for a distant of 15 miles it then travel due north for a distant of 20 miles at which point it drops anchor how many miles is the boat from its starting point?
25 miles
A boat travels due east for a distance of 15 miles it then travels due north for a distance of 20 miles at which point it drops anchor How many miles is the boat from its starting point?
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A bus travels 10 miles south 4 miles west 2 miles north and 1 mile west Finally it goes 8 miles north how many miles is the bus from the starting point?
exacly 25
A boat travels due east for a distance of 15 miles It then travel due north for a distance of 20 miles at which point it drops anchor How many miles is the boat far from it's starting point?
25 miles
How can you travel 3 miles south and then 3 miles east and then 3 miles north and be at your starting place?
You can start near the South Pole - 3 miles North of any point on a latitude that encircles the earth an integer number of times in 3 miles; or you can start at the North Pole.
A boat travels due east for a distance of 15 miles. It then travels due north for distace of 20 miles. How many miles is the boat from it's starting point?
25 miles.
A boat travels due east for a distance of 15 miles it travels due north for a distance of 20 miles at which point it drops anchor how many milesis the boat from it's starting point?
25
Willie drove his car 15 miles north then turned right 7 miles east how far is he in a straight line from his starting point round answer to the nearest hundredth place?
So this uses pythagoras theorem. x = sqrt15 + sqrt 7. So he was 16.55 miles from starting point
You walked 1 mile south then 1 mile east then walked 1 mile north and you were back to your original starting point If you are NOT at the north pole or south pole where are you?
Dead
