Question

A man goes 30km to north and 40km to east. How far away is hefrom his initial position?

Answer 1

after all the instructions as followed he will be 50km far away from initial position by using pythagorans theorem

Answer 2

he is 50km away from his initial position

because by pythagoras theorem

initial position=30*30+40*40

it gives you =900+1600

it will be 2500

if you square root it you will get 50

so the answer is 50km

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