If I travel 10 miles east and then turn left and travel 22miles and then turn right to travel another 10 miles before deciding to go back to where I started taking a straight road, how many miles would I have to travel in getting back to the point I started from ?
2006-09-23 06:02:08 · 15 answers · asked by easyboy 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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2006-09-23 06:50:50 · update #1
Assuming Euclidian geometry, the straight line would be 29.7321 miles.
However, the query seems to carefully avoid mentioning that the first left turn is North.
Suppose the traveler started 11 miles south of the North pole, and that the left turn and 22 mile journey actually crosses the North Pole at the halfway point. The traveler would end up again 11 miles south of the North Pole. Thus a 22 mile journey would again cross the North Pole, and return the traveler to the origin.
If the travelor lived on a torus with inner circumference of 10 miles, and sectional circumference of 22 miles, the traveler would visit the origin at both turns and at the finish making the final journey completely unnessary.
2006-09-23 06:32:43 · answer #1 · answered by warmspirited 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
42 miles
2006-09-23 13:04:55 · answer #2 · answered by mr_resistor2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
42 miles
2006-09-23 13:04:47 · answer #3 · answered by rock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is very simple lol, all you do is add 10+22+10 = 42. Tadaa!
2006-09-23 13:10:40 · answer #4 · answered by miss_gem_01 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 miles!@
2006-09-23 13:06:07 · answer #5 · answered by nswblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) 10^2+22^2=584-----> square root of 584=24.16
2) 22^2+10^2=584----->square root of 584=24.16
Resultant is the big line uniting both triangles
Resultant=48.33
2006-09-23 13:30:46 · answer #6 · answered by Yahoo! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2*sqrt(10*10+11*11) = 29.73 miles
2006-09-23 13:12:54 · answer #7 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(20^2+22^2)^0.5=884^0.5
about 29 miles
2006-09-23 13:11:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
29.75 miles in a straight SW line.
2006-09-23 13:10:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
42 miles if you go back the same way........
2006-09-23 13:06:07 · answer #10 · answered by ladynamedjane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋