A cookie company uses one cup of sugar for every 25 cookies it makes. Let S represent the total number of cups of sugar used, an
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Answer:
<em>Kristen's house is 4.4 miles away from her school</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Pythagora's Theorem </u>
In any right triangle, the square of the measure of the hypotenuse is the sum of the squares of the legs. This can be expressed with the formula:
Where
c = Hypotenuse or largest side
a,b = Legs or shorter sides
The situation described in the problem forms a right triangle shown in the image below.
Applying Pythagora's Theorem :
Solving for x:
Kristen's house is 4.4 miles away from her school
