Haley is camping and needs to go from the campground to the waterfall. She hikes 3 miles north and 7 miles east. What is the shortest distance from the campground to the waterfall?

7.61 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

Haley hikes 3 miles north and 7 miles east.

We need to find the shortest distance from the campground to the waterfall. Let the distance is D.

It can be calculated as follows :

So, the shortest distance from the campground to the waterfall is 7.61 miles.

in problems involving proportions, we can use cross products to test whether two ratios are equal and form a proportion. to find the cross products of a proportion, we multiply the outer terms, called the extremes, and the middle terms, called the means.

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