Question

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Answer 1

15 kilometers

Step-by-step explanation

A diagram of this situation is,

The distance from each town to the airport and the distance between them form a right triangle, where the hypotenuse is 17 km long and one of the legs is 8 km long.

Using the Pythagorean theorem,

`17^2=8^2+d^2`

Solving for d,

`d=\sqrt[]{17^2-8^2_{}}=\sqrt[]{289-64}=\sqrt[]{225}=15`

Hence, the distance from the airport to Somerville is 15 km.