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After having an argument, Romero and Julietta walk away from each other at a right angle. If Romero walks 5 miles in the same time that Julietta walks 12 miles (she was really angry), what is the shortest distance they have to travel when they decide to make up?
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Essentially this word problem is solving for the third side of a triangle.
Say Romero goes north for 5 miles, and Julietta walks east 12 miles, then the shortest distance between them would be a straight line (which would be diagonal). Since you know they walked at a right angle to each other, then you’re solving for the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
Recall Pythagorean Theorem for right triangles, which states c^2 = a^2 + b^2, or solving for c which is our unknown side, c = sqrt(a^2 + b^2).
So we plug in our values:
c = sqrt(25 + 144)
c = sqrt (169)
c = 13
So the shortest distance they will travel to make up is 13 miles.
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sqrt(5^2+12^2) = sqrt(169) = 13miles
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Is this the whole question?Because this doesn’t seem to make sense…
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