The library is located 1.8 miles west of Callie’s house. The grocery store is located 2.4 miles south of the library. What is the length of a straight line between Callie’s house and the grocery store? Enter your answer in the box.

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By using a right triangle rectangle, we will see that the distance is equal to 3 miles.

How to find the distance?

You can think of the distance as the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs that measure 1.8 miles and 2.4 miles.

Then, using the Pythagorean theorem we can write:

H^2 = (1.8 mi)^2 + (2.4 mi)^2

H = √((1.8 mi)^2 + (2.4 mi)^2) = 3mi

So the distance between Callie's house and the grocery store is 3 miles.

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