SOLUTION: What is the answer to the question mark? Points A, B, and C, form a triangle. The distance between point A and point B is 15 yards. The distance between point B and point C is 25

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Question 1038103: What is the answer to the question mark?
Points A, B, and C, form a triangle. The distance between point A and point B is 15 yards. The distance between point B and point C is 25 yards. Pete walks directly from point A to point C, without passing through point B. What is the direct distance from A to C?
The inequality w < ?
represents the distance, w, that Pete might save by taking the direct path.

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Points A, B, and C, form a triangle. The distance between point A and point B is 15 yards. The distance between point B and point C is 25 yards. Pete walks directly from point A to point C, without passing through point B. What is the direct distance from A to C?
The inequality w < ?
represents the distance, w, that Pete might save by taking the direct path.
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