document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=946204>Question 946204</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1: To get from point A to point B you must avoid walking through a pond. To avoid the pond, you must walk 34 meters south and 41 meters east. To the nearest hundreth of a meter, how many meters would be saved if it were possible to walk through the pond?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "21.74<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "53.26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Could someone show how this problems works? I have tried <BR>\n" );
document.write( "34 squared plus 41 squared equals C squared\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1156 plus 1681 equals C squared\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2837 equals C squared\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C equals 53.26 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #577904 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=577904\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> So to walk this way from A to B you actually walk, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=34%2B41=75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"34%2B41=75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you could walk straight through, those distances would form the legs of a right triangle and the distance would be the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So then you could have saved,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which is approximately,<BR>\n" );
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