A hungry bunny rabbit hops 20 meters north and then turns and hops 8 meters west in search of tasty flowers to eat. what is the bunnys distance

Answer 1

The bunny's distance is the total length of all the hops it made.

To calculate the distance, we can use the Pythagorean theorem, which states that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

In this case, the bunny hopped 20 meters north and then 8 meters west, forming a right triangle. The north movement represents the vertical side of the triangle, and the west movement represents the horizontal side.

Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can calculate the distance as follows:

Distance = √(vertical^2 + horizontal^2)

Distance = √(20^2 + 8^2)
Distance = √(400 + 64)
Distance = √464
Distance ≈ 21.54 meters

So, the bunny's distance is approximately 21.54 meters.