Question

City B is 5 km east of city A. City C is 12km south of city B. What is the shortest distance between A and C?

Answer 1

Answer:

13 km

Explanation:

City b is 5 km east and city c is 12 km south

This forms a right angled triangle

So 5²+12²=x²

25+144=x²

169= x²

X = 13km