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-Because of the Increase in Traffic Between Springfield and Orangeville

question 162

Multiple Choice

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 $x + 3$ 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 over the old one.

• A) \( \frac{3}{2}+\frac{3 \sqrt{17}}{2} \) miles
• B) \( -\frac{3}{2}+\frac{3 \sqrt{17}}{2} \) miles
• C) \( 3 \sqrt{17}-9 \) miles
• D) \( 3 \sqrt{17}+9 \) miles

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