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Trey left his house on his bike and rode 6 miles north, rested then rode 8 miles east. How far is he from his house?

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10

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User Travis Reed
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He would be 10 miles away from his home. If you draw out the figure, you will get a triangle with bases 6 and 8. Using the Pythagorean theorem, you get 6 squared plus 8 squared equals the distance squared. That’s 36+64=100, square root of that is 10 which is your answer :)
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