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Farmingdale is located 8 mi due west of Cambridge. Bayville is located due east of Cambridge, and Louisville is located due north of Cambridge. Louisville is 17 mi from Farmingdale and 24 mi from Bayville.

How far is Bayville from Cambridge? Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

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Answer 1

@perl

Answer 2

@amistre64

Answer 3

set up the graph ...

Answer 4

oh, theyve already set it up

Answer 5

plug in the numbers, youll either have pythag work to do, or similar traingles ....

Answer 6

i did it but not sure if its right i got 18.7

Answer 7

ok, i labeled it ..

Answer 8

x^2 = c^2 - d^2

d^2 = b^2 - a^2

x^2 = c^2 + a^2 - b^2

we know a,b and c

Answer 9

a b c
8, 17, 24

x = sqrt(24^2 + 8^2 - 17^2)

Answer 10

18.73 ish yeah

Answer 11

thanks i understand better

Answer 12

your welcome ...