While following the directions on a treasure

map, a pirate walks 49.7 m north, then turns
and walks 4.1 m east.
What is the magnitude of the single
straight-line displacement that the pirate
could have taken to reach the treasure?

2 answers

Use Pythagoras' Theorem

50m

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