Answer:
14.9 miles
Step-by-step explanation:
If the road was created, the 3 different roads would form a right triangle where the new road would be the hypotenuse and the other 2 roads would be the legs.
We can use the pythagorean theorem to find the length of the hypotenuse, or the new road:
a² + b² = c²
14² + 5² = c²
221 = c²
14.9 = c
= 14.9 miles
Our goal is to fit the given information into the slope-intercept form.
y=mx+b
We can place the slope in 'm.'
y= -7x+b
Then, input the values for the x and y.
2= -7(-5)+b
2=35+b
b=2-35
b= -33
'b' is the intercept, so now that we know that, we can plug in all the values and find our final equation.
y= -7x -33
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5.4 because the 9 bumps it to 5.35.
And the 5 bumps it to 5.4.
Sub y = 0 in to find x intercept and x = 0 in to find y intercept
