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-Because of the Increase in Traffic Between Springfield and Orangeville

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-Because of the increase in traffic between Springfield and Orangeville, a new road was built to connect the two towns. The old road goes south x miles from Springfield to Freeport and then goes
East x + 5 miles from Freeport to Orangeville. The new road is 9 miles long and goes straight from
Springfield to Orangeville. Find the number of miles that a person saves by driving the new road
 Solve. -Because of the increase in traffic between Springfield and Orangeville, a new road was built to connect the two towns. The old road goes south x miles from Springfield to Freeport and then goes East x + 5 miles from Freeport to Orangeville. The new road is 9 miles long and goes straight from Springfield to Orangeville. Find the number of miles that a person saves by driving the new road    A)   \left( \frac { 5 } { 2 } + \frac { \sqrt { 137 } } { 2 } \right)  \mathrm { mi }  B)   ( \sqrt { 137 } + 9 )  \mathrm { mi }  C)   \left( - \frac { 5 } { 2 } + \frac { \sqrt { 137 } } { 2 } \right)  \mathrm { mi }  D)   ( \sqrt { 137 } - 9 )  \mathrm { mi }


A) (52+1372) mi\left( \frac { 5 } { 2 } + \frac { \sqrt { 137 } } { 2 } \right) \mathrm { mi }
B) (137+9) mi( \sqrt { 137 } + 9 ) \mathrm { mi }
C) (52+1372) mi\left( - \frac { 5 } { 2 } + \frac { \sqrt { 137 } } { 2 } \right) \mathrm { mi }
D) (1379) mi( \sqrt { 137 } - 9 ) \mathrm { mi }

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