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Ron lives 6 miles due north of the ball field, and Stan lives 8 miles due west of the ball field. What is the straight line distance between their homes? (It makes a right triangle.)

A.8 miles
B.10 miles
C.20 miles
D.50 miles

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10 miles B because you do the pythagorean theorem so 8^2 + 6^2 = 100 then sqrt it so it will be 10
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