Question:
Solution:
The problem situation can be described in the following diagram:
If we look at the lower triangle, we have the following diagram:
Therefore, our goal would be to find the hypotenuse x of the above right triangle. For this purpose, we can use the Pythagorean theorem:
[tex]x\text{ = }\sqrt[]{100^2+100^2}\text{ = }\sqrt[]{10000\text{ + 10000}}\text{ = }\sqrt[]{20000\text{ }}\text{ = 141.42}[/tex]
Thus, we can conclude that the length of the path is:
[tex]x\text{ = 141.42}[/tex]
