Determine the distance between the hikers to the nearest tenth of a mile

Mudassir asked Aug 22, 2023

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Mudassir asked Aug 22, 2023

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Solution

For this case we can use the Pythagoras theorem and we can do this:

$c=\sqrt[]{3^2+2.5^2}=3.905$

And if we round we got:

3.9 mi

MichalOravec answered Aug 27, 2023

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