Question

Calvin's school is 2.3 miles directly south of his house. After school, he takes a bus 1.8 miles directly west to the sports complex.
What is the length of a straight line
between Calvin's house and the sports
complex? Round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Answer:

2.9 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

If you draw this as a diagram, you will see that it is a right angled triangle and the missing side is the hypotenuse (the longest side). To calculate this, you will need to use the right angle law:

$a^{2} + b^{2} = c^{2}$

check out the document below (sorry, it's a little bit blurry)