document.write( "Question 522336: If katrina hikes 5 miles north, 7 miles east, and then 3 miles north again. To the nearest tenth of a mile, how far, in a straight line, is katrina from her starting point? \n" ); document.write( "
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If katrina hikes 5 miles north, 7 miles east, and then 3 miles north again. To the nearest tenth of a mile, how far, in a straight line, is katrina from her starting point?
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\n" ); document.write( "The order doesn't matter. She's 8 mi north and 7 miles east.
\n" ); document.write( "That makes a right triangle with sides of 8 & 7 miles.
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\n" ); document.write( "Can you find the hypotenuse?
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