Question

A tourist has strayed from his fath while on this way to his hotel. He moves 28km towards south,then moves 29km towards west,then 4km towards north and then 2km towards east to reach his hotel.what is distance of the shortest possible route

Answer 1

30 km

Step-by-step explanation:

Vertical Distance -

28 - 4 = 24 km

Horizontal Distance -

20 - 2 = 18

Shortest Distance (hypotenuse) -

a square + b square = c square

24 square + 18 square = 900

Shortest distance =

cube of 900 is 30 km