Please help with this word problem would be a huge help!!

Mathematics

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Verdich [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

11.2 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

What has been describe here is a right triangle.

He went 10 miles east, and he turned left and went 5 miles. He started at home ended at work. We want to make a road from his home directly to his workplace (no turns; straight there).

So we have by Pythagorean Theorem:

$5^2+10^2=c^2$

$25+100=c^2$

$125=c^2$

Square root both sides:

$\sqrt{125}=c$

$11.2 \approx c$

11.2 miles would be the length of that direct path.

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