i dont get this math question...some1 hepl plz?

Question

your town is layed out as a grid.Starting at your home, you walk north 6 blocks to buy some snacks at the store. You then walk east 3 blocks to meet a friend, and finally south 2 blocks to a park,
what isthe shortest distence( in blocks) back to your home?

Answer 1

you need to figure the triangle out

6 north - 2 south = 4
east 3 blocks

what is a hypotenuese of a right triangle - whose sides are three and four

3^2 + 4^2 = three squared plus four squared
then get the square root of that number

basic triangle 3-4-5 .......... 9 + 16 = 25
square root of 25 is..............................

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooppps - can you walk diagonally???

if not - then you have to come three over and four down - 7

Answer 2

1 is 2 2 is 4

Answer 3

I suggest getting a piece of graph paper, or making some by adding up & down lines to regular ruled paper. Once that is done, choose a square somewhere near the middle of the page. Assume North is up, like on most maps, then draw a line up (North) from your square until you pass six more squares (I'd use the vertical lines on the page to draw your line.) Now draw a line three squares to the right (East). Then draw one two squares down (South).
Now you've drawn a map of the route, as described in the question. You can imagine then that each square on your graph represents a block that you would have walked.
The question is asking you to figure out the shortest route back to your starting point (or "home"). So, from where the line of your route ends, figure out which combination of left and down "blocks" will be the fewest to get you back to the start. I think your answer should be something like 5 or 6. Do it in pencil so you can erase and try again!

Answer 4

The simplest way to visualize this is to actually draw what the problem is telling you on a sheet of graph paper. First, place one point on your paper, this is your starting point. Consider north to be towards the top of the paper and then count up 6 squares on your graph paper and place a second point. Next, we will say that east would be moving towards your right on the paper, so then count 3 squares on your graph paper to right from the second point and place a third point. Now we will say that south is moving towards the bottom of the paper, so then count down 2 squares on your graph paper and place a fourth point. Now draw a line between the first and fourth points (This line will be the shortest distance back to your home) and another line from the fourth point to the line between the first and second point so that you form a right triangle. Calculate the length of each leg of the triangle. Knowing these lengths you can then calculate the shortest distance home using the Pythagorean Theorem. The answer should be 5 blocks. Hope that helps.

Answer 5

Assuming that you can't walk through blocks, you are now 4 (= 6 + (-2)) blocks north and 3 blocks east of your home. So you have to walk 4 + 3 = 7 blocks to get back.

Answer 6

if you travel north 6 blocks and east 3 blocks then south 2 blocks, you will be 4 blocks north of your home (6n-2s) and 3 blocks east, for a total of 7 blocks.

Answer 7

Draw yourself a picture on some graphpaper.