Question

Town Hall is located 4.3 miles directly east of the middle school. The fire station is located 1.7 miles directly north of Town Hall. What is the length of a straight line between the school and the fire station? Round to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

4.6 miles

Explanation:

Answer 2

4.6

Explanation:

Using Pythagoras theorem to get the length of the middle school to the fire station.

4.3²+1.7²= 21.38

Root 21.38= 4.6