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$\text{Assuming } Y \text{ at } (0,0) \text{ to make calculations cleaner :}$

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$\text{Using simple trigonometry to find coordinates of } Q  \text{ and } X :$

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$\text{We have coordinates of two points we can use distance formula :}$

$\text{Q}$ : ($\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$ , $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$)
$\text{X}$ : ($-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$ , $-1 + \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$)

$d = \sqrt{(x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2}$


$\text{So, distance between } Q \text{ and } X ( say \text{ } QX ) \text{ be}:$

$QX = \sqrt{(-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}})^2 + ((-1 + \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}) - \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}})^2}$
         $ = \sqrt{(-\frac{2}{\sqrt{2}})^2 + (-1)^2}$ 
         $ = \sqrt{(-\sqrt{2})^2 + (-1)^2}$
         $ = \sqrt{2 + 1}$
         $ = \sqrt{3}$


$\boxed{\text{Distance between Q and X is } \sqrt{3} \text{ km}}$

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