'A' moves 3 km from his starting point. he then moves 5 km north.from that he moves 8 km to the east. how far is A from his starting point?

• can't be answered,as we don,t know in which direction he moved 3km from its starting point.
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• 13km far from the starting point
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• underroot 146km..
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• plz dont write wrong question..........i hv no time to correct..........
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• 12.2 km.
  8km
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  |5km
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  3km
  
  5km. line would be intersected by the tail points of the 3km and 8km line at the middle. Now apply pyth. th.
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• 8km
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  3 km |5 km
  A-------------|
  total distance from A to B 3+8=11km
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• I've seen this question previously and I think above question is written wrong
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• 8km |N
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  | 5km |
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  TOTAL DISTANCE=8+5
  =13km
  
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• ans is 12.43...
  
  diagramatically, u wil get a right angled triangle with sides 5 n 8.. using pythogoras th. 3rd side will b 9.43..
  
  9.43+3= 12.43
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