Yes I think it really is the correct answer
The lengths of sides of a triangle have to satisfy the triangle inequality, which states that the sum of the two shorter sides must exceed the length of the third side.
Here 9+8=17 (not greater), so these segments do not form a triangle.
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here you need to use the slope intercept formula to find your equation:
y= mx+b
b= the y- intercept
m= the slope
we are already given the slope and the x & y
y=-3x+(-2)
your answer would be a) y = -3x - 2
In solving this problem we can consider Earth to be a sphere. When we have a circle, then we can use this formula to find arc length:

Where:
L= arc length (in this problem it is disance we need to travel)
R = radius of circle (in this problem it is equal to a radius of Earth)
C = angle we need to pass
We are told that two cities lie halfway around the world. If we fly to west this means angle is 180°.
This gives an arc length of:

If we want to fly to north we need to go to 90° northern latidtude and then back to 17° latitude. This means angle is:
C=2*(90-17)=2*73°=146°
This gives an arc length of:

We can see that flying north is shorter. It is shorter by:
12440.71 miles - 10090.8 miles = 2349.91 miles