Question

A car goes 24 miles due north then 7 miles due east. What is the straight distance between the car's starting point and end point?

Answer 1

`"Straight distance between the car's starting and ending points "`

`color(purple)(AC = 25 " miles"`

Explanation:

`"Given : AB = 24 miles, BC = 7 miles", " To find AC`

`"Applying Pythagoras Theorem",`

`AC^2 = AB^2 + BC^2`

`AC = sqrt (24^2 ^ 7^2) = sqrt 625 = 25 miles`