Maple town is 16 kilometers due north of the airport and sachet town is due east of the airport. The shortest distance between m

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3 years ago

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aple town and sachet town is 20 kilometers. How far is sachet town from the airport?

2 answers:

Mkey [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-31T16:49:27+03:00

Mkey [24]3 years ago

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Answer:

Sachet town is located 12 km from the airport

Step-by-step explanation:

Please refer to the attached image for explanations

Alexxandr [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-31T14:49:06+03:00

Answer:

Sachet town is 12km from the airport

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, we are asked to calculate the distance from sachet town to the airport.

This can be calculated by referring to a diagrammatic representation. Please check attached file.

Let’s proceed with the calculations however.

From the question, we can see that we have formed a Right angled triangle from the diagram and we need to calculate the distance x.

Mathematically;

x^2 + 16^2 = 20^2

x^2 = 20^2 - 16^2

x^2 = 400 - 256

x^2 = 144

x = sq.rt of 144

x = 12km