Question
A submarine travels 13 km due East from its base and then turns and travels due North for 6.7 km.
How far away is the submarine from its base?
How far away is the submarine from its base?
Answers
Ms. Sue
Use the Pythagorean Theorem.
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
13^2 + 6.7^2 = c^2
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
13^2 + 6.7^2 = c^2