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Jada walks 12 blocks east and 5 blocks north to get home from school. Jordan, her brother, takes a shortcut and walks northeast through a local park. How many blocks does Jordan walk?Help me please...

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Use the pythagorean theorem to solve for this.

[tex]c=\sqrt[\square]{a^2+b^2}[/tex]

Given:

Jada's track:

a = 12 blocks

b = 5 blocks

Required:

No. of blocks Jordan walked, c = ?

Solution:

[tex]\begin{gathered} c=\sqrt[\square]{a^2+b^2} \\ c=\sqrt[\square]{12^2+5^2} \\ c=\sqrt[\square]{144+25} \\ c=\sqrt[\square]{169} \\ c=13 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Answer: Jordan walked 13 bocks

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