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Three baseball players are playing catch. Jessica is directly south of Aaron and directly west of Mike. Jessica and Mike are 8 meters apart and Mike and Aaron are 10 meters apart, How far apart are Jessica and Aaron?

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Answer:

6 m

Explanation:

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The diaabcw between Aaron and Jessica can be obtained using Pythagoras :

d = √(10² - 8²)

d = √100 - 64

d = √36

d = 6

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