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Bill is playing hide-and-seek with Samantha and Alexa. Samantha is hiding 12 meters south of Bill, and Alexa is hiding due east of Samantha. If Bill is 13 meters from Alexa, how far apart are Samantha and Alexa?

This problem is a Pythagorean theorem word problem!

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Bill is playing hide-and-seek with Samantha and Alexa. Samantha is hiding 12 meters-example-1
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