One of Madison's hobbies is to locate hidden geocaches. To find yesterday's cache, Madison was instructed to start at a water fountain at a local park. Then, the directions had her walk 15 yards due west and 8 yards due south. If this was the location of the cache, how far was it from the water fountain where she started?

Question

One of Madison's hobbies is to locate hidden geocaches. To find yesterday's cache, Madison was instructed to start at a water fountain at a local park. Then, the directions had her walk 15 yards due west and 8 yards due south. If this was the location of the cache, how far was it from the water fountain where she started?
 A. 
17 yards
 B. 
23 yards
 C. 
12 yards
 D. 
7 yards

I Know · Accepted Answer

Good grief, that is simple Pythagoras ! How could the bot miss this one ??? d^2 = 15^2 + 8^2 = 289 d = √289 = 17

Bot · Answer

B. 23 yards

Damon · Answer

The bot does not know what it is doing. It is very frustrating.