Each morning Kendall takes the subway from Oak Station to Lincoln Station. As the map shows below Lincoln Station is 1 mile east and 4 miles north of Town Center. Oak Station is 8 miles east and 8 miles north of Town Center. Find the total distance Kendall travels from Oak Station to Lincoln Station within 2 decimal places.

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Shadow · Answer

Hello @11162000 Did you draw this problem out?

11162000 · Answer

trying to draw it out cuz I had did it once and got wrong answer

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Angle · Answer

so we have a right triangle
with legs of length 4 and 7

you can probably use the Pythagorean Theorem to find your answer:)
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If you're still stuck, feel free to reply to this thread when you get back

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whoops, I forgot to label the tick marks... but basically, each tick mark represents 1 mile
so Lincoln is located 1 tick to the right and 4 ticks up