Points A, B, and C, form a triangle. The distance between point A and point B is 15 yards. The distance between point B and point C is 25 yards. Pete walks directly from point A to point C, without passing through point B. What is the direct distance from A to C? How far would Pete walk if he went from A to B to C?
yards
The direct distance from A to C is more than
yards.
The inequality w <
represents the distance, w, that Pete might save by taking the direct path.