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Question 1018625: John and Alex start driving home from a party. Jon drives 9 miles north and Alex drives 12 miles west. How far apart are they when they stop
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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John and Alex start driving home from a party. Jon drives 9 miles north and Alex drives 12 miles west. How far apart are they when they stop
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It's a right triangle.
Find the hypotenuse.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

John and Alex start driving home from a party. Jon drives 9 miles north and Alex drives 12 miles west. How far apart are they when they stop
It's a 3-4-5 right triangle, times 3, which equals: 9:12:highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C4%2CWhat%2C+do%2C+you%2C+%22think%3F%22%29%29