Posted by badatmath on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 11:12am.
Using the Pythagorean Theorem, I found the distance to be 7.616 miles.
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
3^2 + 7^2 = c^2
9 + 49 = 58
square root of 58 = 7.616
simple case of using Pythagoras
d^2 = 3^2 + 7^2
d^2 = 58
d = √58 = 7.616
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