Question

if sarah rides her bike 5 miles north, then 3 miles east, what is the shortest distance she would have to travel to return to her starting point?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is the shortest distance is 5.83 mi

Explanation:

Process

1.- We observe that the rides to north and after to east, so she is describing a right triangle where the shortest distance to come back to the starting point is the hypotenuse of that triangle.

c² = a² + b²

c² = 5² + 3²

c² = 25 + 9

c² = 34

c = 5.83 mi