Is this a trick question? If he started from the North Pole, he is still 105 m south of his starting point.
If it is a straight question, then he is sqrt(1052 + 802) m = sqrt(11025 + 6400) m = sqrt(17425) m = 132.004 metres 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.
Assuming you are walking on a plane, then: After walking 10 km North, followed by 5 km East followed by 10 km South you will be 5 km East of where you started. You can now continue 22 km - 10 km = 12 km further South. You now have a right angle triangle with one side 5 km, another side 12 km and the hypotenuse the unknown distance from your starting point. Distance = √((5 km)² + (12 km)²) = √(169 km²) = 13 km You are 13 km from your starting point. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However, if you are walking on the earth, then the distance is not so easy as your starting point can affect the distance you are from your start: If you start 12 km north of the south pole, when you walk 10 km north followed by 5 km east followed by 22 km south you will end up at the south pole. Thus you are only 12 km from your starting point. If you start about 11.5 km south of the north pole, after walking 10 km north your 5 km walk east (or west) will take you to the opposite side of the north pole to which you started; by walking 22 km south you are walking down the other side of the earth, making you about 35 km from your starting point.
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To find the displacement of the ship from its starting point, we can use the Pythagorean theorem. If the ship travels a certain number of meters south and then kilometers west, we first convert all distances to the same unit (either meters or kilometers). The displacement is then the square root of the sum of the squares of the southward and westward distances, giving us the straight-line distance from the starting point to the final position.
If you travel 3 km west and then 4 km south, you create a right triangle where one leg is 3 km and the other leg is 4 km. To find the distance from the starting point, you can use the Pythagorean theorem: ( \sqrt{(3^2 + 4^2)} = \sqrt{(9 + 16)} = \sqrt{25} = 5 ) km. Therefore, you are 5 km away from your starting point.
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The North and South Poles.
The starting point would be the equator. Lines of latitude run parallel to the equator.
That would depend on your starting point and destination.
You finish 2 blocks east and 8 blocks south of your starting point.
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The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line that runs north and south at 0 degrees longitude. It serves as the starting point for measuring east and west location coordinates on the Earth's surface.
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.
The northernmost point in the world is called the North Pole. It is located in the Arctic region. Starting from this point, one would move south no matter which direction he moved. The southernmost point is the South Pole, located in the antarctic region.
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The latitude at the starting point of the Nile River is 31 degrees north. The latitude of the end point of the Nile is 7 degrees south.
Assuming you are walking on a plane, then: After walking 10 km North, followed by 5 km East followed by 10 km South you will be 5 km East of where you started. You can now continue 22 km - 10 km = 12 km further South. You now have a right angle triangle with one side 5 km, another side 12 km and the hypotenuse the unknown distance from your starting point. Distance = √((5 km)² + (12 km)²) = √(169 km²) = 13 km You are 13 km from your starting point. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However, if you are walking on the earth, then the distance is not so easy as your starting point can affect the distance you are from your start: If you start 12 km north of the south pole, when you walk 10 km north followed by 5 km east followed by 22 km south you will end up at the south pole. Thus you are only 12 km from your starting point. If you start about 11.5 km south of the north pole, after walking 10 km north your 5 km walk east (or west) will take you to the opposite side of the north pole to which you started; by walking 22 km south you are walking down the other side of the earth, making you about 35 km from your starting point.