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    Sep 20, 2014, 06:14 AM
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    A chimpanzee sitting against his favorite tree gets up and walks 95.0 m due east and 80.0 m due south to reach a termite mound, where he eats lunch. (a) What is the shortest distance between the tree and the termite mound? (b) What direction does the shortest distance make, as a positive angle with respect to due east?
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    Sep 22, 2014, 02:22 PM
    Did you graph it out or expect us to do it for you? Think triangle .
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    Sep 23, 2014, 06:09 PM
    Read up on Pythagorean formula.
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