Each mile on the map represents 5 miles. What is the actual distance from Oceanfront to Seaside?

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anonymous · Answer

use the Pythagorean theorem to find the distance from the oceanfront to the seaside.  then multiply the answer by 5.

anonymous · Answer

a2+b2=c2???

anonymous · Answer

yes.

anonymous · Answer

post what you think a,b, and c are and i can check it.

anonymous · Answer

How do i figure out which is a b and c ?

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@tomo

anonymous · Answer

yes, sorry i was answering some other questions

anonymous · Answer

How do i figure out which is a b and c? @tomo

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@blondie16

anonymous · Answer

well the longest side is the hypotenuse, so it doesnt really matter what a and b are as long as you know what c is

anonymous · Answer

Do you know it?

anonymous · Answer

the hypotenuse(c) is seaside to oceanfront

anonymous · Answer

How do i figure out what c is though?

anonymous · Answer

distance formula i believe

anonymous · Answer

I dont know how to do that

anonymous · Answer

Distance Formula: Given the two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), the distance between these points is given by the formula:
$$d=\sqrt{(x _{2}-x _{1})^2+(y _{2}-y _{1})^2}$$

anonymous · Answer

I know, but im not sure which numbers to plug into this..

anonymous · Answer

the point of seaside and the point of oceanfront

anonymous · Answer

Oceanfront=3 and Seaside=4 what do i do?

anonymous · Answer

can yu tplug it in for me and i will figure it out

anonymous · Answer

Nevermind...

anonymous · Answer

seaside=(-2,4) 
oceanfront=(3,-2) lol 
so the distance between them
$$d=\sqrt{(3-(-2))^2+((-2)-4)^2}$$