SOLUTION: Juliet runs out of gas in Barnhaven, South Carolina. She walks 9 mi west and then 5 mi south looking for a gas station. How far is she from her starting point? Round to the nearest

Question 37168: Juliet runs out of gas in Barnhaven, South Carolina. She walks 9 mi west and then 5 mi south looking for a gas station. How far is she from her starting point? Round to the nearest tenth.

Found 2 solutions by fractalier, checkley71:
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you make a diagram you can see that the distance from her starting point to the gas station is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5 and 9.
So we have c^2 = a^2 + b^2 and
c^2 = 5^2 + 9^2 = 25 + 81 = 106
c = square root of 106 or approximately 10.3
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9~2+5~2=D~2 OR 81+25=D~2 OR 106=D~2 OR D=10.3 mi.
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