Question

Nicole is looking at a map of her neighborhood she notices the mall is 30 miles south of your house and that the grocery stores 40 miles east of her house how far apart are the mall and the grocery store?

Answer 1

Distance of grocery stores from mailbox = 50 miles

Explanation:

Given:

Distance of grocery stores = 40 miles east

Distance of mailbox = 30 miles south

Find:

Distance of grocery stores from mailbox

Computation:

Hypotenuse² = Perpendicular² + Base²

Distance of grocery stores from mailbox = √30² + 40²

Distance of grocery stores from mailbox = √900 + 1600

Distance of grocery stores from mailbox = √2500

Distance of grocery stores from mailbox = 50 miles