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maki is playing hide and seek with Emily and Liam. Emily is hiding 7 m south of maki, and Liam is hiding due east of emily . if maki is 25 meters from liam, how far apart are emily and liam

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By pythagorean theorem,

a² + b² = c²

a² = c² - b²

a =
\sqrt{c^(2) -b^(2) }

a =
√(625-49)

a = 24 m

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