Shane walked 3 meters west then turned the corner to walk 4 meters north to get to the library . He is going to walk home on the

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diagonal street that lead to his house. How many meters is that street? Enter on the number without a unit of measurement

1 answer:

Vera_Pavlovna [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-06T19:51:53+03:00

5 0

Answer:

5 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

Since, the 3m and 4m are NOT the hypotenuse (since the hypotenuse is diagonal) we can use the pythagorean thm.

$3^{2} +4^2=C^{2} \\9+16= C^{2}\\C^{2}=25\\C=5$