Question

Please help if you can I will mark brainliest when it lets me

Answer 1

Let c be the hypotenuse in miles.
72 + 92 = c2
49 + 81 = c2
130 = c2
130‾‾‾‾√ = 2‾‾√
130‾‾‾‾√ = c
11.4 ≈ c
The path along Riverside Drive is shorter, about 11.4miles, compared to the path along Cypress and Control Avenues, 16 miles. The difference is about 4.6 miles. The Pythagorean theorem allowed me to calculate the distance along Riverside Drive because the three roads from a right triangle.