IMO Practice Test — Pythagoras Theorem

6 Questions • 15 min • Olympiad level

15:00
Question 1 of 6 hard
A man walks 12 meters due North, then turns directly East and walks another 9 meters. Finally, he climbs up a vertical tree a distance of 8 meters. How far is he from his starting point?
29 meters
17 meters
15 meters
21 meters
Explanation: Two-step application: Ground horizontal distance = √(12² + 9²) = 15 m. 3D space distance = √(15² + 8²) = √289 = 17 m.