To avoid the pond, fred must walk 10 meters south and 24 meters east. to the nearest meter, how many meters would be saved if it were possible to walk through the pond?

Fred walked 10 meters down and 24 to the right. You can think of these two segments as the legs of a right triangle.

The hypotenuse of this triangle is the path Fred would have walked through the pond. So, this distance is

So, instead of walking 10+24=34 meters, he could have walked 26 meters, saving 34-26=8 meters.

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

−−−−−−  

so technically the answer is  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

$

87.12

(

1

+

8

100

)

=

$

94.09

to 2 decimal places.

'

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

.

→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

×

$

72.60

=

$

14.52

−−−−−−  

←

add

$

87.12

tax  

8

100

×

$

87.12

=

$

6.97

−−−−−  

←

add

$

94.09

related questions

76%

step-by-step explanation:

24% are dogs and the remaining is 76% because 100-24=76