Carmen walked 30 yards due north and 12 yards west, but then she went directly back to her starting point, as shown by the dotted line. How far (to the nearest yard) did Carmen travel to get back to where she started?

Step-by-step explanation:

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From the attachment, we have:

Required

Determine 0W

To solve this , we apply Pythagoras theorem as follows:

Take square roots

(approximated)

Hence, she walked 32 yards

sec ф = 5/3 (quadrant 4)

let x = base

y = perp

z = hypotenuse

sec ф = hypotenuse/base = 5/3

⇒ z = 5 and x = 3

finding y:

z² = x² + y²

5² = 3² + y²

y² = 25-9

y² = 16

y = 4

now finding all other geometric functions of theta:

sin ф = y/z = 4/5

sin ф = -4/5 (sin is negative in the 4th quadrant)

cos ф = x/z = 3/5

cos ф = 3/5 (cos is positive in 4th quadrant)

tan ф = y/x = 4/3

tan ф = -4/3 (tan is negative in 4th quadrant)

cosec ф = z/y = 5/4

cosec ф = -5/4 (cosec is negative in the 4th quadrant)

cot ф = x/y = 3/4

tan ф = -3/4 (tan is negative in 4th quadrant)