SOLUTION: A movie theater is 3 blocks due north of a supermarket and a beauty parlor is 4 blocks due east of the movie theater. How many blocks long is the street that runs directly from the

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Question 366452: A movie theater is 3 blocks due north of a supermarket and a beauty parlor is 4 blocks due east of the movie theater. How many blocks long is the street that runs directly from the supermarket to the beauty parlor?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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they form a rught triangle.
parlor to movie theater acts a hypotenuse
3^2+4^2=hyp^2
9+16 = hyp^2
25= hyp^2
5 = hyp
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parlor to movie theater is 5 blocks distance
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