document.write( "Question 143449: Dan and Frank are roommates. They both leave their house on their bicycles at the same time. Dan rides west for 4 miles and then south for 3 miles. Frank rides east for 1 mile and then north for 2 miles. How far apart are they when they both arrive at their destinations?
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Dan and Frank are roommates. They both leave their house on their bicycles at the same time. Dan rides west for 4 miles and then south for 3 miles. Frank rides east for 1 mile and then north for 2 miles. How far apart are they when they both arrive at their destinations?
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw this out and you can see that it's a right triangle with 5 mi sides.
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\n" ); document.write( "The hypotenuse (d) is the distance between them
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\n" ); document.write( "d = $\"sqrt%285%5E2+%2B+5%5E2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "d = $\"sqrt%2850%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "d = 7.071 mi apart
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