John walks homes from school which is 3 km due east and 4km due north. find the shortest distance between his home and school.

      

John walks homes from school which is 3km due east and 4km due north. Find the shortest distance between his home and school.

  

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joseph
using pythagoras theorem a^2 +b^2 = c^2

3^2 + 4^2 = C^2 where c is the shortest distance between the two places.

hence c is the square root of 25 which is 5, the answer being given in kilometres.
joseph rimiru answered the question on September 20, 2017 at 21:04


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