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megan left her house and walked 5 blocks north and 4 blocks east to a friends house. From there,she walked 5 blocks north and 6 blocks west to school for volleyball pratice. Describe where the school is in the relation to Megan's house in words and using notations

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Answer: School is 10 blocks north and 2 blocks west of Megan's house. A straight line from Megan's house to school is 10.2 blocks long, Northwest

Explanation:

5 blocks north, then 4 east, then 5 north is a total of 10 blocks north. The last turn is 6 blocks west. So she walks 4 blocks west to get her back to due north of her house then an additional 2 more blocks west.

Use the pythagorean theorem to calculate the straight line if Megan were able to take a straight path there:

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