A ship leaves its home port expecting to travel to a port 500.0 km due south. Before it moves even 1 km, a servere storm blows it 100.0 km due east. Hom far is the ship from its destination? In what direction must it travel to reach its destination?

Answer 1

it must travel along the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides 500 m (South) and 100 km (East)

Try using the Pythagorean theorem. Drawing yourself a sketch should help.

Show your work for furthe assistance, if needed.

Answer 2

500