Kevin C. answered 04/01/21
Highly Educated High School Math Teacher with Experience in STEM
Drawing a line from Home to School would form the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Therefore, you can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the distance between home and school.
a2 + b2 = c2
(2.73)2 + (4)2 = c2
23.45 = c2
square root (23.45) = c
c = 4.84 (distance from home to school directly)