SOLUTION: One houses 12 miles east of a school another houses 9 miles north of the school how far apart are the houses

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Question 1147575: One houses 12 miles east of a school another houses 9 miles north of the school how far apart are the houses
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Apply the Pythagorean theorem.

Or recall about (3-4-5) right angled triangle.