Question

A man goes 24 m due west and then 10m

due north. His distance from the starting

point is ______​

Answer 1

26 m

we draw a diagram according to the question,we will see that it is making a triangle, and the perpendicular and the base is known, but the hypotenuse is not known. So we can find the hypotenuse by using the Pythagoras theorem,i.e hypotenuse^2=base^2+perpendicular^2