Question

Each morning Henry takes the subway from Town Center to Maple Station. As the map shows below Maple Station is 3 miles west and 5 miles north of Town Center. Find the total distance Henry travels from Town Center to Maple Station within 2 decimal places.

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5.83 miles
5.82 feet
3 miles
5.84 miles

Answer 1

i forgot that it was a multiple choice question

Answer 2

Think of it as a right triangle, you know the two legs, 5 and 3

so use pythagorean theorem

5^2+3^2=c^2

Answer 3

now it makes sense...thx