Jackson is 54 mikes east of Lazy River Resort. Ontario is 31 mikes south of Jackson. A land developer prioress building a shortcut to directly connect Ontario and Lazy River. Show calculations
That shortcut would be a diagonal route. The horiz. leg would be 54 miles; the vertical one would be 31 miles. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, we get distance d = sqrt( 31^2 + 54^2) = sqrt( 3877 ) = 62.3 miles.
