Question

Use the map shown below to find the distance between cities A and B to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance between A and B is approximately 6.3 units

Step-by-step explanation:

We can use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve this question. Notice that the distance in between the two points (straight segment that joins both) can be identified to the "hypotenuse of a right angle triangle shown in the attached image. Such triangle has two legs that measure 2 units one of them and 6 units the other one.

The length of the associated hypotenuse is given then by:

$distance=\sqrt{2^2+6^2}\\distance=\sqrt{40} \\distance=6.32455$

So this rounded to the nearest tenth is:

6.3 units

Answer 2

Answer:

6.3

Step-by-step explanation:

√6²+2²=√40= 6.3