Question 678384
If you plot this on a coordinate plane starting at (0,0) you see it ends up at the point (-3,-4).  Use the distance formula between the two points.  The distance formula is the squareroot of the difference between the x's squared plus the distance between the y's squared.<P>
{{{sqrt((0+ -3)^2 + (0 + -4)^2) = sqrt(9+16) = sqrt(25) = 5}}}.  The distance is 5 miles.
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