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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?
Mary's path forms a right triangle, with one leg measuring 4 miles (north) and the other leg measuring 5 miles (west). To find the distance from her starting point, we can use the Pythagorean theorem: ( c = \sqrt{a^2 + b^2} ), where ( a = 4 ) miles and ( b = 5 ) miles. Thus, ( c = \sqrt{4^2 + 5^2} = \sqrt{16 + 25} = \sqrt{41} ). Therefore, Mary is approximately 6.4 miles from her original starting point.
What is Displacement of 1 mile northeast then 1 miles south?
Displacement is the shortest straight-line distance from the starting point to the ending point, along with the direction. If you move 1 mile northeast and then 1 mile south, your final position will be approximately 0.5 miles east and 0.5 miles north of your original starting point. Thus, the overall displacement can be calculated using the Pythagorean theorem, resulting in a displacement of about 1.41 miles at an angle of 45 degrees north of east.
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 car travels 5 miles north and 12 miles west. How far is the car from its starting point?
13 miles
What is Displacement of 1 mile northeast then 1 miles south?
Displacement is the shortest straight-line distance from the starting point to the ending point, along with the direction. If you move 1 mile northeast and then 1 mile south, your final position will be approximately 0.5 miles east and 0.5 miles north of your original starting point. Thus, the overall displacement can be calculated using the Pythagorean theorem, resulting in a displacement of about 1.41 miles at an angle of 45 degrees north of east.
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
