SOLUTION: if one person travels 4 miles north and another travels 3 miles west how far apart are they?

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Question 730109: if one person travels 4 miles north and another travels 3 miles west how far apart are they?
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if one person travels 4 miles north and another travels 3 miles west how far apart are they?
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If they started from the same place, N and W make a right triangle.
Use Pythagoras.