Question

Carolina leaves her house and walks 6 blocks she turns and heads east 8 blocks until she reaches matties house what is the shortest distance between Carolinas house and matties house

Answer 1

Answer:

10 blocks

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$First = 6\ blocks$

$Second = 8\ blocks$ east

Required

Determine the shortest possible distance

To better explain my solution, I've added an attachment that illustrates her movement.

Using the attachment as a point of reference, the shortest distance is calculated by calculating the length of the hypotenuse using Pythagoras theorem.

So, we have:

$x^2 = 6^2 + 8^2$

$x^2 = 36 + 64$

$x^2 =100$

Take positive square root of both sides

$x = \sqrt{ 100$

$x = 10$