X and Y live in a North-South parallel street. X travels 10 km towards North to reach the east-west street . Y travels 6 km towards south to reach the east ?west street . X travels now 4km towards east and y travels 8km towards west and they met each other. What is the distance between x and y?

X and Y live in a North-South parallel street. X travels
10 km towards North to reach the east-west street . Y
travels 6 km towards south to reach the east ?west street .
X travels now 4km towards east and y travels 8km towards
west and they met each other. What is the distance between
x and y?

Ques:- X and Y live in a North-South parallel street. X travels 10 km towards North to reach the east-west street . Y travels 6 km towards south to reach the east ?west street . X travels now 4km towards east and y travels 8km towards west and they met each other. What is the distance between x and y?
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2 Answers on this Question

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    . | 6km
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    | . 8km
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    Using pythogoras theorem,
    the length of hypotenous of triangle 1=10;
    similarly,
    the length of hypotenous of triangle 2=10.8;
    total distance between x and y =10+10.8=20.8km.

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