Pyth Thm and Trig Word Problems

Question

A girl is 20 ft. east of her school and her bike is 21 ft. south of the school. How far is she from her bike? Round to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

Hello, using the Pythagorean theorem √ a²+b² = c

In this math problem:

distance 1 (squared) + distance 2 (squared) = sum, then take the square root to get your distance from point A to point B.

a = 20 feet

b = 21 feet

You should be able to plug those in to the equation above, and don't forget to square them, then add, and final steps is to take the square root.

Hope this is helpful.