If you travel 12 miles west and then travel 9 miles north, what is the approximate distance directly between the starting point and your ending point? 3 miles 21 miles 15 miles

Hi there!

To spoke this problem, we need to use the pythagorean theorem.

Let's say the length of the "triangle" is 12, and the width is 9.
Since the pythagorean theorem states that

we can use this to find the approximate value of the triangle, or length.





The square root of 225 is approximately 15, so 15 is the answer.

Hope this helps!