SOLUTION: Suppose your school is located 1.2 miles south of your home. The mall is located 3.2 miles west of the school. What is the shortest distance between your home and the mall? Round t

Question 1078746: Suppose your school is located 1.2 miles south of your home. The mall is located 3.2 miles west of the school. What is the shortest distance between your home and the mall? Round to the nearest hundredth.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The two distances given form the legs of a right triangle (draw it).
The hypotenuse is the shortest distance.
1.2^2+3.2^2=x^2=1.44+10.24=11.68
That is the square of the distance.
The distance is the positive square root of that or 3.42 miles.
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