Question

6. In Fayetteville, the library is 3 miles due west of the post office and the zoo is
5 miles due north of the library. What is the distance from the post office to
the zoo?
Please answer:(

Answer 1

to find the distance, we could use the pythagorean theorem , i.e., a^2 + b^2 = c^2
or 5^2 + 3^2 = c^2
or 25 + 9 = c^2
or c = √(34)
or c = 5.83 miles

so that means the distance is 5.83 miles.

i hope this helps you :)