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.
The algebraic expression you would write is 12v
The answer is- Yes, the piecewise graph is a function because it passes the vertical line test.
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Answer:
9^4 is what you’re looking for right?
Step-by-step explanation: