To get from your house to your grandparent’s house you must avoid walking through a pond. To avoid the pond, you walk 5 meters south and 12 meters east. How many meters would be saved if it were possible to walk through the pond?

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anonymous · Answer

Draw a triangle and solve for the 3rd side using:

$$a ^{2} + b^{2} = c^{2}$$

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anonymous · Answer

Then your answer would be distance walked (a+b) - straight line distance (c).