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Jonna and Russell meet at a diner that is directly south of Jonna's house and directly west of Russell's house. If the diner is exactly 10 miles from Jonna's house and Russell's house is 2 miles closer to the diner than to Jonna's house, how far apart is Russell's house from the diner?


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B. 14

C. 16

D. 24

E. 26
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Jonna and Russell meet at a diner that is directly south of Jonna's ho 03 Jul 2018, 02:22
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It forms a right angle triangle 10^2 + (x-2)^ 2 = x^2
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Jonna and Russell meet at a diner that is directly south of Jonna's ho 04 Jul 2018, 10:57
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I also got the answer as 26. is it not the correct answer?
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Jonna and Russell meet at a diner that is directly south of Jonna's ho 04 Jul 2018, 11:11
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I also got the answer as 26. is it not the correct answer?

Hi,

You have to find out the distance b/w R and the diner, which is 26(value of x) minus 2 ie D
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Jonna and Russell meet at a diner that is directly south of Jonna's ho 04 Jul 2018, 11:23
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Jonna and Russell meet at a diner that is directly south of Jonna's house and directly west of Russell's house. If the diner is exactly 10 miles from Jonna's house and Russell's house is 2 miles closer to the diner than to Jonna's house, how far apart is Russell's house from the diner?


A. 8

B. 14

C. 16

D. 24

E. 26

Someone please help me out here. I don't know if I'm missing something obvious or not but if the Question says that Russell's house is literally 2 miles closer to the diner then wouldn't Russell's house just be 10m-2m=8m? away from the diner? What am I missing?? This is driving me crazy
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Jonna and Russell meet at a diner that is directly south of Jonna's ho 04 Jul 2018, 11:28
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Someone please help me out here. I don't know if I'm missing something obvious or not but if the Question says that Russell's house is literally 2 miles closer to the diner then wouldn't Russell's house just be 10m-2m=8m? away from the diner? What am I missing?? This is driving me crazy

Hi,

2 miles closer to the diner than to Jonna's house
 This implies that-
    The distance between the Diner and Jonna is 10
    The distance between the Diner and Russel is x(assume)
    The distance between the Russel and Jonna is x+2

Now, just use pythagorus theorem to get the value of x.
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Someone please help me out here. I don't know if I'm missing something obvious or not but if the Question says that Russell's house is literally 2 miles closer to the diner then wouldn't Russell's house just be 10m-2m=8m? away from the diner? What am I missing?? This is driving me crazy

Hi,

2 miles closer to the diner than to Jonna's house
 This implies that-
    The distance between the Diner and Jonna is 10
    The distance between the Diner and Russel is x(assume)
    The distance between the Russel and Jonna is x+2

Now, just use pythagorus theorem to get the value of x.


I also just realized I misread the question...." 2 miles closer to the diner than to Jonna's house" thank you!
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Jonna and Russell meet at a diner that is directly south of Jonna's ho 22 Jan 2020, 14:21
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Oh, I made the same mistake of misreading the problem: also thought that 10-2=8, which is the distance from Russel to the diner.
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Jonna and Russell meet at a diner that is directly south of Jonna's ho 22 Jan 2020, 14:46
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I have had the same mistake :(

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