Question

Trina and Seth walk 3 miles south and 5 miles east to get from their canoe to their tent. If a walkway existed between the canoe and tent, how far would they then haveto walk? Round to the nearest mile. (PLEASE SHOW WORK!!)

Answer 1

6 miles

Explanation:

The formula to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle is as follows,

`\sqrt{a^(2) } +b^(2)`

The line is supposed to be longer on the rooting but it won't go any longer so we just have to make do.

Anyways, a is 1 side length and b is the other. Doesn't matter which one you make b or a.

Now you just plug in and solve

`√(9) +25` (that's after you square it)

add them

`√(34)`

simplify

5.83095189485

you can just stop at the hundredths place

5.83

You can estimate that it's about 6

and 6 is your answer