A cellular phone company currently has three towers, one in Tampa, one in Orlando, and one in Gainesville to serve the central Florida region. Orlando is 80 miles east of Tampa and Gainesville is 100 miles north of Tampa, what is the distance from Orlando to Gainesville?

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anonymous · Answer

I think it would be 128. 06 miles

lifeisadangerousgame · Answer

How?

anonymous · Answer

Pythagorean theroam. Basically this creates a right triangle, so a^2+b^2=c^2. a is Tampa to Orlando, b is Gainesvilles to tampa and c is tampa to gainesvilles

anonymous · Answer

100^2=10000. 80^2=6400. Add them they are 16400 and then find the sq. root of that and you get 128.06

lifeisadangerousgame · Answer

ohh, okay that makes sense! Thanks ^_^

anonymous · Answer

No problem :)