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12 October, 08:17

Two hikers start a trip from a camp walking 1.5 km east. They turn north and walk 1.7 km to a waterfall. To the nearest tenth of a kilometer, how far is the waterfall from camp?

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  1. 12 October, 08:41
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    the horizontal leg (due east) = 1.5 km

    the vertical leg (due north) = 1.7 Km

    The hypotenuse is the distance from camp

    Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the hypotenuse:

    waterfall's distance from camp = √ (1.5² + 1.7²) = 2.3 km (to the nearest tenth)
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