Thomas traveled north 24 miles and then 15 miles west. Find the shortest distance between the start and end points. 15 miles O 2
1 answer:
The distance between the start and end points is 28.3 miles.
<h3>How to find the distance?</h3>
Remember that the distance between two points (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) is:
Here the initial point is (0mi, 0mi).
If we define the north as positive y-axis and east as the positive x-axis, after that Thomas travels 24 miles north and 15 miles west his new position is:
(-15mi, 24mi).
The distance is then:
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