SOLUTION: Your school is 6 miles east of your house. The park is b miles south of your house. When you are at the park you are 8 miles directly from school. How far is the park from your h

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Question 1078836: Your school is 6 miles east of your house. The park is b miles south of your house. When you are at the park you are 8 miles directly from school. How far is the park from your house? Show your work and round to the nearest hundred if necessary
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If "east" and the "south" as listed above, then
School-to-house, 6 miles, and park-to-house, b miles, are legs of a right triangle; and park-to-school, 8 miles, is hypotenuse.


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Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Your school is 6 miles east of your house. The park is b miles south of your house. When you are at the park you are 8 miles directly from school. How far is the park from your house? Show your work and round to the nearest hundred if necessary 
Distance to park from the house: , ROUNDED to the nearest hundredth. 

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