Question

A rectangular city is 2 miles long and 7 miles wide. What is the distance between opposite corners of the city? The exact distance is ______________ miles How far is it to the closest tenth of a mile? Answer: The distance is approximately ___________ miles.

Answer 1

exact distance is = 7.28010988928

rounded to the tenth of a mile is

distance is approximately 7.3 miles

Explanation:

hypotenuse of a triangle that's 2 by 7

Pythagorean theorem

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

2^2 + 7^2 = c^2

4 + 49 = c^2

c^2 = 53

c = √53

c = 7.28010988928

tenth of a mile is

c = 7.3

Answer 2

The distance is approximately 10.4 miles.