## anonymous 3 years ago ...never got help so im reposting

1. anonymous

2. UnkleRhaukus

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3. UnkleRhaukus

You have to work out weather path ABC or ADC is shorter. path ABC = AB + BC path ADC= AD + DC you can use Pythagorus's theorem to calculate AB and (DC)

4. anonymous

yeah i know im getting sqrt(40) for A to B and 6 for B to C

5. anonymous

B is the correct answer but i can't get the exact distance from A to B and then from B to C

6. anonymous

@UnkleRhaukus you there?

7. UnkleRhaukus

sorry i got distracted, you've got AB right and you've got BC right too

8. anonymous

how would i put the answer in a website? i think thats what im doing wrong.

9. anonymous

@satellite73 can you assist me here too please

10. anonymous

you want the total distance right? do you know the shortest rout?

11. anonymous

yes / B is the shortest

12. anonymous

from A to B is $$\sqrt{2^2+6^2}=\sqrt{40}$$ and from B to C is 6

13. anonymous

ok. how would i put that in on a hw website?

14. anonymous

so that distance total is$6+\sqrt{40}$

15. anonymous

i have no idea maybe it wants a decimal

16. anonymous
17. UnkleRhaukus

$\sqrt{40}=\sqrt{4\times10}=\sqrt{2^2\times2\times5}=2\sqrt{2}\sqrt{5}$

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