2004 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 6
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- The following problem is from both the 2004 AMC 12B #6 and 2004 AMC 10B #8, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is 8 miles southwest of downtown St. Paul and 10 miles southeast of downtown Minneapolis. Which of the following is closest to the number of miles between downtown St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis?
Solution
The directions "southwest" and "southeast" are orthogonal. Thus the described situation is a right triangle with legs 8 miles and 10 miles long. The hypotenuse length is 
, and thus the answer is 
.
Without a calculator one can note that 
.
See Also
| 2004 AMC 12B (Problems • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 5 | Followed by Problem 7 | |
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| 2004 AMC 10B (Problems • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 7 | Followed by Problem 9 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
