Question

a man goes 80 m due east and then 150 m due north. how far is he from the starting point​

Answer 1

Answer:

80m because distance should be taken in horizontal direction

Answer 2

Answer:

170m

Step-by-step explanation:

it will be a right triangle

its base is 80 and height is 150

we need the value of hypotenuse.

so you have to apply pythagoras theorem or

8:15:17 shortcut ratio

so hypotenuse will be 170