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You and a friend go biking. You bike 12 miles north and 2 miles east. What is the straight-line distance from your starting point? Round answer to the nearest hundredths

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Answered by Ms. Sue
You need the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

12^2 + 2^2 = c^2

144 + 4 = c^2

148 = c^2

12.165 = c

12.17 = c


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