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I NEED HELP PLEASE

To get to the park, Isaiah has to drive straight north 12 miles. To get to the hardware store, he drives directly east 35 miles. The straight-line distance between the park and the hardware store is ___ miles.

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Explanation:

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use pythagorean thm

x =


x = \sqrt{ {12}^(2) + {35}^(2) }

I NEED HELP PLEASE To get to the park, Isaiah has to drive straight north 12 miles-example-1
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