SOLUTION: You will follow the steps of problem solving listed below to first calculate the distance Meagan must move her belongings and then the cheapest rate between Truck A and Truck B. Y

Question 688427: You will follow the steps of problem solving listed below to first calculate the distance Meagan must move her belongings and then the cheapest rate between Truck A and Truck B. You must show your work for each step.
Step 1: Understand and explain the problem involved and all the different calculations needed to solve it.
Step 2: Translate the problem into equations.
Step 3: Solve the equation
Step 4: Interpret the results.

There is also a triangle with the following information:
Left side 6 miles- that is distance from mom's house to erins house.
Bottom of trianlge- 8 miles from erins house to Meagan's house.
The third side is the distance from mom's house to meagan's house but there is no mileage because we need to figure that out to solve the problem

Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a = 6, b = 8, c (hypotenuse) is x
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Pythagorean Theorem

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36 + 64 = c^2
100 = c^2

c = 10
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Distance between Mom and Megan is 10 miles
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