Question

Jasmine is playing hide-and-seek with Tucker and Michelle. Tucker is hiding 15 meters south of Jasmine, and Michelle is hiding 8 meters east of Tucker. How far apart are Jasmine and Michelle?

Answer 1

17 meters

Explanation:

According to the Pythagorean Theorem, we can know that the right triangle's a side is Michelle to Tucker (8 meters), and the b side is Jasmine to Tucker (15 meters), and the c side is Jasmine to Michelle. The Pythagorean Theorem equation, the side length of the c side of a right triangle is the length of a side squared plus b side squared and squared root (a^2+b^2=c^2), and so 8^2+15^2=289, and 289 square root is 17, we can know that the distance between Jasmine to Michelle is 17 meters.