Darwin's house is located on the edge of a park. He leaves his house and walks north along the edge of the park for 5 blocks. He turns and walks 12 blocks west in the park. He then walks directly back to his house in a straight line across the park. Determine the total distance of his trip. HINT: you must find the length of the hypotenuse

step-by-step explanation:

he is going to fill two shelves and the third shelf will only have five video games

isocolese triangle

we know that the line connect a and b is the hyptonuse

so first find the hypotonuse length using the distance formula, call the length c

since it is an isocolese triangle, the lengths of the legs are the same

using pythagorean theorem,

in this case, a=b since isocolese triangle so we get

or

we can find c so we can find the distances

we know that if we draw 2 circles, each has center at a and b, and find where they intersect, we can the 2 possible locations for c

if a has center at (xa,ya) and b has center at (xb,yb), then we can solve where

and

intersect to find where they intersect

i'm not going to put an example because i have to go to class. i hope this explanation is enough