Question

A man goes 24 m due West and then
7 m due North. Then, he is ......... m away
from the starting point.​

Answer 1

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We can see in the figure attached that -

He goes 24m west and 7m north.

So to find the distance between the starting and ending point, we will apply pythagoras theoram.

So let the distance be x

So,

x^2= (24)^2+7^2

x^2=576+49

x^2=625

x=√625

x=25 m

So the answer is 25m.