he commuter airline serves the four cities of Ashton, Brady, Colfax, and Dumas, located at points A, B, C, and D, respectively. The solid lines in the figure show the airline’s existing routes. The airline is building an airport at H, which will serve as a hub. This will add four new routes to their schedule: AH, BH, CH, and DH.

Currently, travelers who want to go from Brady to Dumas must first fly to Colfax. Once the airport is built, they will fly from Brady to the new airport and then to Dumas. How many miles to the nearest tenth of a mile will this save?

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he commuter airline serves the four cities of Ashton, Brady, Colfax, and Dumas, located at points A, B, C, and D, respectively. The solid lines in the figure show the airline’s existing routes. The airline is building an airport at H, which will serve as a hub. This will add four new routes to their schedule: AH, BH, CH, and DH.

Currently, travelers who want to go from Brady to Dumas must first fly to Colfax. Once the airport is built, they will fly from Brady to the new airport and then to Dumas. How many miles to the nearest tenth of a mile will this save?