Answer:
Directly, it would be 96/100. However, we can reduce it to become 48/50 = <u>24/25.</u>
(underlined is simplest answer)
I'd suggest you sketch this situation. If you did, you'd likely see right away that the shortest distance back to the starting point would be the hypotenuse of the right triangle whose legs are of lengths 5 miles and 12 miles.
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to solve this.
$810 !! hope this helps :)
