Question

A person goes 12m due West and then 5m due North. How far is he from the starting point?

Answer 1

He is 17 meter away from the starting point

Answer 2

Answer:

13 actually ( not 17 )

Step-by-step explanation:

by joining his starting point and end point we get a right angled triangle

so using Pythagoras theorem we get

5^2 + 12^2 = 25 + 144 = 169

we know that

169=13^2

so our answer is 13 m ( the shortest possible distance between the two points )