The diagonal path home forms the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs are 3 and 4 miles. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, the length of the hypotenuse is sqrt(3^2 + 4^2) = 5.
So he burns 5 * 105 = 525 calories.
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