Question

1. A ship leaves the harbor and travels 12 miles east and then turns and travels 30 miles north. How far is the ship form the harbor?
Hint: (Pythagorean Theorem).
2. Find the length of the path that runs diagonally across a 53 yard by 100 yard field.
Hint: (Pythagorean Theorem).
3. Linda can turn off her car alarm from 20 yards away. will she be able to do it from the car corner of a 15 yard by 12 parking lot?
Hint: (Pythagorean Theorem).
4. Harry drove 10 miles west, then five miles north, then three miles west. How far was he from his starting point?
Hint: (Pythagorean Theorem).

Answer 1

I don't know the answer for 4, but here's the rest of them.
1) square root of 1044
2) square root of 12809
3) Yes, because it is square root of 369, which is approximmately 19.2