Question

Sidney is traveling from the grocery store to the bank. There are two possible routes she can take, marked yellow and green in the diagram. Which statement is true?



(1 point)

The green path is 2 miles shorter than the yellow path.

The green path is half the distance of the shorter path.

The yellow path is double the distance of the green path.

The yellow path and green path are the same distance.
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Answer 1

I can’t see the diagram you’re referring to. Could you either upload the image or describe the routes (the segment lengths and which segments each route follows)?

If you’d like to check it yourself, here’s how to compare them:

- Label the key points (start, end, any corners) and write down the length of each segment.
- Compute the length of each route by summing its segments. If a route uses a diagonal, find that diagonal’s length with the Pythagorean theorem (if you know the leg lengths) or by reading it off the diagram.
- Compare the two totals to see which of the four statements matches (2 miles shorter, half, double, or equal).

If you paste the diagram or the segment lengths, I’ll compute it and tell you which statement is true.