SOLUTION: Dan and Frank are roommates. They both leave their house on their bicycles at the same time. Dan rides west for 4 miles and then south for 3 miles. Frank rides east for 1 mile and
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Question 143449: Dan and Frank are roommates. They both leave their house on their bicycles at the same time. Dan rides west for 4 miles and then south for 3 miles. Frank rides east for 1 mile and then north for 2 miles. How far apart are they when they both arrive at their destinations?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Dan and Frank are roommates. They both leave their house on their bicycles at the same time. Dan rides west for 4 miles and then south for 3 miles. Frank rides east for 1 mile and then north for 2 miles. How far apart are they when they both arrive at their destinations?
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Draw this out and you can see that it's a right triangle with 5 mi sides.
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The hypotenuse (d) is the distance between them
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d =
d =
d = 7.071 mi apart
