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seven villages a b c d e f and g are situated as follows e is 2 km to the west of b. c is 1 km to the west of a. g is 2 km to the east of c. f is 2 km to the north of a. d is 2 km to the south of g. d is exactly in the middle .of b and e. which two villages are the farthest from one another |
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Answer» Answer: The answer is "the villages F and e are the farthest." Step-by-step explanation: As given in the question, the position of the villages a, b, c, d, e, f and g are shown in the ATTACHED diagram. We can EASILY see from the figure that the villages f and e are at the farthest distance from each other. This distance is MEASURED by the length of line segment fe. We can see that fe is the hypotenuse of the concerned right-angled triangle fes with LEGS of lengths 2 km and 10 km. Therefore, using Pythagoras Theorem, we have Thus, the answer is fe = 2√21 km is the farthest distance. |
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