document.write( "Question 388428: You and a friend go biking. You bike 12 miles north an2 miles east. What is the straight-line distance from your starting point? Round answer to the nearest hundredths.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #274739 by vleith(2983) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Use pythagorean theorem since the trianlge formed by these three line segments is a right triangle
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c%5E2+=+12%5E2+%2B+2%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c%5E2+=+144+%2B+4\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c%5E2+=+148\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c+=+sqrt%28148%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c+=+12.1655\"$
\n" ); document.write( "rounded to nearest hundreth
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+12.17\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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