To get from your house to your grandparent’s house you must avoid walking through a pond. To avoid the pond, you walk 5 meters s

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Ivan

2 years ago

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To get from your house to your grandparent’s house you must avoid walking through a pond. To avoid the pond, you walk 5 meters s

outh and 12 meters east. How many meters would be saved if it were possible to walk through the pond?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Talja [164] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-11T20:17:19+03:00

You would use the Pythagorean theorem.

a^2+b^2=c^2

so

5^2+12^2=c^2

25+144=169

square root of 169 is 13.

originally you walked 17 meters.

17 minus 13 is 4.
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you save 4 meters if you were able to go straight.

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marishachu [46] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-11T17:48:12+03:00

marishachu [46]2 years ago

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The meters that would be saved is 17 meters