Question

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Two paths from school to the store are shown below: One uses Riverside Drive, and another uses
Cypress and Central Avenues. Which path is shorter? By about how much? Explain how you know.
O Find length of Riverside Dr.
store
Central Avenue
Riverside Drive
school
Cypress Avenue

Central Avenue is 7 miles cypress ave is 9 miles

© Find total distance of Cypress
and Central Aves
1. The length of Riverside Drive is
miles.
2. The total distance of Cypress and Central Aves is
miles.
3 The shorter path is -

Answer 1

Let c be the hypotenuse in miles.
72 + 92 = c2
49 + 81 = c2
130 = c2
130‾‾‾‾√ = 2‾‾√
130‾‾‾‾√ = c
11.4 ≈ c
The path along Riverside Drive is shorter, about 11.4miles, compared to the path along Cypress and Control Avenues, 16 miles. The difference is about 4.6 miles. The Pythagorean theorem allowed me to calculate the distance along Riverside Drive because the three roads from a right triangle.