Westfalls is 7 miles south of Edenville and Concord is 13 miles west of Westfalls. what is the distance from Edenville to Concord?

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Answer:

The distance from Edenville to Concord is [tex]14.8\ miles[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

Applying the Pythagoras Theorem, find the distance from Edenville to Concord

we have

[tex]c^{2}=a^{2}+b^{2}[/tex]

where

c is the distance from Edenville to Concord

a is the distance from Westfalls to Edenville  

b is the distance from Westfalls to Concord

substitute the values

 [tex]c^{2}=7^{2}+13^{2}[/tex]

 [tex]c^{2}=218[/tex]

 [tex]c=14.8\ miles[/tex]