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The distance to the shopper’s car from the mall door.
Answer to Problem 2PP
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Shoppers walk down from the mall door to the car lane through a distance of
Thereafter shoppers take a turn
Then they walk an additional distance of
Formula used:
Figure 1 gives the graphical representation of the distance walked by the shoppers and the position of the car. In order to find the distance to the car from the mall door one can apply the Pythagorean Theorem. That is
Figure 1: Graphical representation of the problem
Calculation:
Substituting the numerical values in equation
Conclusion:
The distance to the shopper’s car from the mall door is
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