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12 September, 22:34

A rectangular city is 4 miles long and 5 miles wide. What is the distance between opposite corners of the city?

The exact distance is __ miles

How far is it to the closest tenth of a mile?

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  1. 13 September, 02:01
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    It must be the hypotenuse of a right triangle of sides 4 and 5 miles.

    Use the Pythagorean theorem:

    r = √ (4^2 + 5^2) miles = √41 miles ≅ 6.4 miles
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