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On a certain day, a delivery driver must make 4 deliveries. He departs from the dispatch office and travels 14 miles due west to his first delivery. From there, his second delivery is 7 miles due north, and his third delivery is 9 miles due east of the location of his second delivery. His last delivery is 19 miles due south of his third. Assuming the terrain is flat, what is the distance, in miles, that the driver must travel to return to the dispatch office, if he travels in a straight line via the shortest route?
A. 33
B. 17
C. 13
D. 7
E. It cannot be determined from the information given.
A. 33
B. 17
C. 13
D. 7
E. It cannot be determined from the information given.
11 Mar 2022, 05:55
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I wouldn't actually use a coordinate plane to solve the question, but using one (labeled in miles) makes it easier to explain the solution. If we imagine the driver starts at (0, 0), after then going 14 miles west, he will be at (-14, 0), after then going 7 miles north he will be at (-14, 7), after then going 9 miles east he will be at (-5, 7), and after going 19 miles south he will be at (-5, -12). The distance from that point to (0, 0) is 13 miles (because we get a 5-12-13 triangle) so 13 is the answer.
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On a certain day, a delivery driver must make 4 deliveries. He departs from the dispatch office and travels 14 miles due west to his first delivery. From there, his second delivery is 7 miles due north, and his third delivery is 9 miles due east of the location of his second delivery. His last delivery is 19 miles due south of his third. Assuming the terrain is flat, what is the distance, in miles, that the driver must travel to return to the dispatch office, if he travels in a straight line via the shortest route?
A. 33
B. 17
C. 13
D. 7
E. It cannot be determined from the information given.
A. 33
B. 17
C. 13
D. 7
E. It cannot be determined from the information given.
I wish I knew how to draw a diagram here.
D2------D3
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D1------------Origin
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D4
Consider the above rudamentary diagram.
Origin to D1 = 14. D1 to D2 = 7. D2 to D3 = 9. And, D3 to D4 = 19.
Putting these values above, we get a triangle joining Origin-D4-K
K to D4 = 12 (because, 19 - 7)
K to Origin = 5 (because, 14 - 9)
Using pythagoras theorem, we get 13.
IMO C
