Town Hall is located 4.3 miles directly east of the middle school. The fire station is located 1.7 miles directly north of Town Hall.

Part A

What is the length of a straight line between the school and the fire station? Round to the nearest tenth.

Part B

The hospital is 3.1 miles west of the fire station. What is the length of a straight line between the school and the hospital? Round to the nearest tenth.

a. The length of a straight line between the school and the fire station is 4.6 miles

b. The length of a straight line between the school and the hospital is 2.1 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

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Given.

Distance between the school and the town hall = 4.3 miles directly east

Distance between the fire station and the town hall = 1.7 miles directly north.

The length of a straight line between the school and the fire station is calculated by solving the length of hypotenuse of the right angled triangle (see attachment A)

Using Pythagoras theorem;

x² = 1.7² + 4.3²

x² = 2.89 + 18.49

x² = 21.38 --- Take square roots

x = 4.6 miles

The length of a straight line between the school and the fire station is 4.6 miles

b.

The length of a straight line between the school and the hospital is calculated by solving the length of hypotenuse of the right angled triangle (see attachment B)

Using Pythagoras theorem;

x² = 1.7² + 1.2²

x² = 2.89 + 1.44

x² = 4.33 --- Take square roots

x = 2.1 miles

The length of a straight line between the school and the hospital is 2.1 miles

stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)