Marc had to travel from A to B to C to D to E as pictured below. Angles B, C, and D are right triangles. how many miles would he have saved if he could have traveled in a straight line from A to E?

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

@shinalcantara @freckles

shinalcantara · Answer

does point D happened to be on a straight line with the vertex?

freckles · Answer

I'm having a problem with this sentence 
"Angles B,C, and D are right triangles"

anonymous · Answer

i didn't think so the 4 mi should be above the d but it wouldn't let me type it

anonymous · Answer

one of the answers i forgot to tell u is insufficient info

freckles · Answer

i think it is bad and insufficient info especially since they are calling angles triangles. :p

anonymous · Answer

either that or 21 miles, or (the sqrt of 41 + the sqrt of 80-15) miles

shinalcantara · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

yeah doesn't seem very reasonal to me either, so I'm going with insufficient data. thanks you guys!

shinalcantara · Answer

what are the choices though?

anonymous · Answer

21 miles, 6 miles, 4 miles, insufficient data, or (the sqrt of 41 + the sqrt of 80-15) miles

anonymous · Answer

So I'm certain it would be insufficient data. right?

shinalcantara · Answer

yeah. since if it my illustration was right, you will get 10.63mi