Question

. A car drives 12 miles north, turns, and then drives 8 miles east. How far is the car from its
starting point?

a. Draw a right triangle to represent this situation. Label the lengths of the known sides.
Label the length of the unknown side x.

Answer 1

Draw your picture... put an x on the right spot

Use Pythagorean theorem to find the value of \(x\):

\[a^2+b^2=x^2\]\[12^2+8^2=x^2\]\[x=\]

Answer 2

thanks i needed to check my answer