Find the distances

Geometry Level 2

Two men starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 m \text{4 m} . Turn left and walk another 3 m \text{3 m} . What is the distance between them?

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Sin Ndt by SIN NDT , 14, Vietnam

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The final seperation is 2 4 2 + 3 2 = 2 × 5 = 10 2\sqrt {4^2+3^2}=2\times 5=\boxed {10} m.

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Marvin Kalngan
Apr 6, 2020

It forms two 3-4-5 right triangles. So the distance between them is 5 + 5 = 10 meters .

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