Question

Pam is taking a train from the town of rome to the town of florence. rome is located 30 miles due west of the town of paris. florence is 25 miles east, and 45 miles north of rome. on her trip, how close does pam get to paris? (round your answer to three decimal places.)

Answer 1

Since Florence is east, then Florence is 5 miles due west of Paris (30-25). Then, using the Pythagorean theorem with 45 miles as the length and 5 miles as the width, the square root of (45^2+5^2) is 45.277 miles.