A man drove 8 miles directly east from his home, made a left turn at an intersection, and then traveled 8 miles due north to his place of work. If a road was made directly from his home to his place of work, what would its distance be? ______ miles
We can use the pythagorean theorem to find the distance from his home to work, since the 3 roads form a right triangle where the new road is the hypotenuse.
