SOLUTION: Cody's school is due west of his house and due south of his friend Jenna's house. The distance between the school and Jenna's house is 4 kilometers and the straight-line distance b
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Question 1040441: Cody's school is due west of his house and due south of his friend Jenna's house. The distance between the school and Jenna's house is 4 kilometers and the straight-line distance between Cody's house and Jenna's house is 5 kilometers. How far is Cody's house from school?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
J
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-4-----5
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S----------C
This is a 3-4-5 right triangle, where the hypotenuse is the Cody-Jenna distance.
The school is 3 km west of Cody's house.
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