Asked by herm

You start driving west for 3 miles, turn right, and drive north for another 2 miles. At the end of driving, what is your straight line distance from your starting point? Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The displacement is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 3 and 2, so distance = sqrt(3^2 + 2^2) = sqrt(13) ≈ 3.6 miles.