Ben and Susan are truck drivers who start at the same location. Ben drives 300 miles due west and Susan drives 160 miles due south. To the nearest mile, how far apart would they be?

Ben and Susan  are apart by 340 miles.

After drawing diagram according to question, it is observed that a right angle triangle is formed.

The distance between Ben and Susan is represented by Hypotenuse of right angle triangle shown in attached diagram.

Applying Pythagoras theorem in right triangle shown in attached diagram.

  Distance between Ben and Susan =  

Therefore, Ben and Susan  are apart by 340 miles.

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Ben and Susan will be 340 miles apart

Step by Step Solution

Step 1: We plot the problem on a graph to visualize the problem

Step 2: We notice that the problem creates a right triangle with the distance Ben and Susan travel as the legs of the right triangle

Step 3: We can use the Pythagorean Theorem: a²+b²=c² to solve the distance between Ben and Susan

Step 4: We enter the numbers into the formula

a² + b² = c²

300² + 160² = c²

90000 + 25600 = c²

115600 = c² *square root both sides

c = 340

Therefore Ben and Susan are 340 miles apart

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the required function is .

step-by-step explanation:

from the given table it is noticed that the graph passing through (-3,7), (0,4), (3,1) and (8,-4).

it is a linear function because the value of y is decrease by one as the value of x increase by 1.

the slope of the function is

the slope of the function is -1 and the y-intercept is 4.

the slope intercept form is

where, m is slope and b is y-intercept.

therefore the required function is . the graph of this function is shown below.