Question
A car is moving from a traffic light towards East. After
covering a distance of 5 nautical miles, it turns towards right and covers another 12 nautical miles. If she wants to go back to the traffic light what is the shortest distance now from its present position?Solution
Required distance AC2 = AB2 + BC2 = 12 + 5 =169 AC = √ 169 AC= 13 nautical miles
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