Question

3. Alaska is 3,186 miles from California and 2,774 miles from Florida.

Assuming the roads between the three States made a right triangle, find the
distance from California to Florida.

Answer 1

Answer: 4224.413805 miles

Explanation:

First, we use The Pythagorean Theorem equation to find the distance between California and Florida

Equation:
`a^(2)`+
`b^(2)`=
`c^(2)`

`3186^(2)`+
`2774^(2)`=
`c^(2)`

So, we are trying to solve for c.

The first thing we do is evaluate the expression.

10,150,596+7,695,076=
`c^(2)`

Add like terms

17,845,672=
`c^(2)`

Then, do inverse operations and square root 17,845,672

You would then get 4224.413805 miles.