Find the shortest distance between Carlos's house and his school to the nearest tenth of a mile.

Question

Carlos walks to school from his house by directly east for total of 5 miles, then directly north for a total of 3 miles, and then east again for a total of 3 miles. Find the shortest distance between Carlos's house and his school to the nearest tenth of a mile.

Answer 1

Draw and label of diagram!

Carlos has gone 8 miles east and 3 miles north.

Use Pythagorean Theorem to determine the distance from home to school..