Hawick is 1515 miles south of abbotsford, and kelso is 1717 miles east of abbotsford. what is the distance from hawick to kelso? round your answer to the nearest tenth of a mile.

As per the statement:

Hawick is 15 miles south of Abbotsford, and Kelso is 17 miles east of Abbotsford.

Let  H represents  Hawick , A represents Abbotsford and K represents Kelso

See the diagram as shown below:

Distance of AH = 15 miles

Distance of AK = 17 miles.

We have to find the distance HK:

Using Pythagoras theorem;

then;

or

miles.

Therefore, the distance from Hawick to Kelso( to the nearest tenth place) is 22.6 miles

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