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Which of the following choices is closest to the distance (in miles) between points A and B?

3.16 miles
3.46 miles
4.47 miles
4.90 miles

Which of the following choices is closest to the distance in miles between points A and B 316 miles 346 miles 447 miles 490 miles class=

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kaygoode64
C. Find the sqr root of 20 and get. about 4.47
ramaaabdou
This is a right angle triangle, so you can simply use Pythagoras:
[tex](AC)^{2} = (AB)^{2}+(BC)^{2}[/tex]
This means that
[tex](AB) = \sqrt{ (AC)^{2}-(BC)^{2}}= \sqrt{ (6)^{2}-(4)^{2}}=4.47miles[/tex]
The answer is 4.47miles.

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