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Geometry Problem Help anyone?

by fizzanasir » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:09 pm
Starting from town S, Fred rode his bicycle 8 miles due east, 3 miles due south, 2 miles due west and 11 miles due north, finally stopping at town T. if the entire region is flat. What is the straight line distance in miles between Town S and T?

a) 10
b) 8 , root 2
c) root 157
d) 14
e) 24
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by shankar.ashwin » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:13 pm
A IMO.

You get a rt triangle with sides 6 and 8, the hyp would be 10
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by suyashgupta0562 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:02 pm
Hey,

IMO - A

I have posted the explanation as an Image. Hope it helps.

Cheers,
Suyash.

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