
John M. answered 02/23/20
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This forms an obtuse triangle with sides of 1 mile and 1.5 miles with the angle between these two sides being 135°.
Using the law of cosines, x2 = 12 + 1.52 - 2(1)(1.5)COS(135°) = 5.3713
x = √(5.3713) = 2.32 miles