Question

Lewis drove 14 miles north and 48 miles east. On his return trip he drove home diagonally. How much shorter was the return trip?

Answer 1

12 miles, Because using the Pythagorean theorem, A squared plus B squared = C squared. So 14 squared +48 squared equals 2500. The square root of 2500 is 50, so the total of 14+48 is 62-50 is 12 miles shorter