Mary walks east from her house 5 miles then north 17 miles to meet her friend at the park. If she had traveled in a straight line from her home to the park, approximately how many miles would she have walked?

Mary would have walked 17.72 miles, If she had traveled in a straight line from her home to the park

Solution:

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Let "A" be the starting point

Let "C" be the park

Mary walks east from her house 5 miles

Therefore,

AB = 5 miles

Then north 17 miles to meet her friend at the park

Therefore,

BC = 17 miles

She had traveled in a straight line from her home to the park

We have to find AC

For a right angled triangle, by pythagoras theorem,

Thus she would have walked 17.72 miles, If she had traveled in a straight line from her home to the park

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

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