Question

Use the pythagorean theorem to write an equation for the distance Jane's trainer bikes.​

Answer 1

Complete question is;

Jane is training for a triathlon. After swimming a few laps, she leaves the health club and bikes 16 miles south. She then runs 12 miles west. Her trainer bikes from the health club to meet jane at the end of her run. Use the pythagorean theorem to write an equation for the distance janes trainer bikes

Answer:

x = √(12² + 16²)

Step-by-step explanation:

We are told that;

She bikes from health club to South = 16 miles

From South to West = 12 miles

Her trainer bikes from the health club to meet her at the end which is west.

I have attached a diagram showing this movement in form of a triangle.

From the diagram I attached, I have depicted the distance the trainer bikes as x.

Using pythagoras theorem;

x² = 12² + 16²

x = √(12² + 16²)