Question

Billy is hiking in Colorado. He walks eastward four miles, then turns $60$ degrees northward and walks six miles. How far is he from his starting point

Answer 1

He is  2√19 miles far way from starting point.

Suppose Billy starts at point A, turns at point B, and ends at point D, as shown below.

If Billy turns 60◦ northward and walks six miles, then we can draw a 30 − 60 − 90 triangle whose hypotenuse is 6 miles

It follows that Billy traveled 6/2 = 3 miles eastward during these 6 miles, and that he traveled 3√3 miles northward during these 6 miles. In total, Billy traveled 4 + 3 = 7 miles  eastward and 3√ 3 miles northward.

By the Pythagorean Theorem, the distance from his starting point is q:

(7)2 + (3√3)2

=√49 + 27

= √76

= 2√19 .

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