Question

A sailboat takes off from its mooring and sails due south for 12 miles,the due east for 16 miles and drops anchor . How far is it from its mooring ? Thank you in advance . Need help

Answer 1

Seen anything like that before? :-)

Pythagorean theorem says that \(12^2+16^2 = x^2\)

Answer 2

Oho yess I have.

Answer 3

144+256
400
Than I did square root of 400 which is
20. Thank you much :)

Answer 4

That's correct, good work!

Answer 5

:) :)