Joe lives 10 miles........?

Question

Joe lives 10 miles directly south of Maria and 15 miles west of Danielle. If Kyle is 10 miles directly North of Danielle, how far is Kyle from Maria?

Answer 1

Yep, it's a square all right.  15 miles

Answer 2

15 miles

Answer 3

The answer is 15 miles only if Maria lives 5 miles N of the equator.

However lines of latitude (running N/S) converge towards the poles.

eg  Consider the extreme case when Maria lives at the North pole, Kyle must live there too!

Answer 4

15 miles away

bcuz whe nu draw the problem out

it forms a square

and the side its asking for is parallel to the other side [[joe and danielle]]

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Answer 5

15 miles.

Answer 6

15 miles East.

Answer 7

15 miles.

Their location points form a rectangle 10 x 15 miles.

Answer 8

15

Maria                15 miles            Kyle

10 miles                                          10 miles

Joe                    15 miles        Danielle

(square)