Question

The Frostburg-Truth bus travels on a straight road from Frostburg Mall to Sojourner Truth Park. The mall is 3 miles west and 4 miles south of the City Center. The park is 3 miles east and 5 miles north of the Center. How far is it from the mall to the park to the nearest tenth of a mile

Answer 1

Answer:

1.0  mile

Step-by-step explanation:

(3,4)   (3,5)  

3-3 = 0   0^{2} = 0

5-4 = 1    1^{2} =  1  

SOO my best answer is 1.0 mile. :))

Answer 2

We travel from mall to park in a straight line.  The east-west distance is
3-(-3) miles, or 6 miles.  The north-south distance is 5+4, or  9 miles.

Use the Pyth. Thm. to find the distance between mall and park


(6 miles)^2 + (9 miles)^2 = distance^2

distance = sqrt (36 + 81) = sqrt(117 miles^2) = 10.8 miles.