Question

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Mica and Joy are standing at corner A of the rectangular field shown below.
Mica walks diagonally across the field, from A to corner C. Joy walks from corner A to corner B, and then to corner C. To the nearest hundredth of a mile, how much farther did Joy walk the Mica?

Answer 1

0.54 miles more

Explanation:

1. Find the Diagonal. d=w2+l2=1.252+0.752≈1.45774

2. 3/4+1 and 1/4=2 miles

3. 2 miles-1.46 estimate.

4. Solution...0.54