Trigonometry

Question

a man cycles 24km due south and then 20 km due east, another man, starting at the same time as the first man cycles 32km due east and then 7km due south. find the distance between them

Answer 1

Assuming the two starting at the same time from the same point ( Origin)

First one has coordinates as (20,-24) Each one in Km

and the second one has position as ( 32, -7)

Now find the distance between two points

 

= Sqrt( ( X1-X2)² +( Y1 -y2) ²  )