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Edwin bicycles 3 kilometers west to get from his house to school. After school, he bicycles 4 kilometers north to his friend Hansen's house. How far is Edwin's house from Hansen's house, measured in a straight line?

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we have

then solve for x using the Pythagorean theorem


\begin{gathered} x^2=3^2+4^2 \\ x^2=9+16 \\ x^2=25 \\ x=\sqrt[]{25} \\ x=5 \end{gathered}

answer: 5 km is the measured

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