A flying squirrel lives in a nest that is 8 meters up in a tree, but wants to eat an acorn that is on the ground 15 meters away fromn the base of his tree. If the flying squirrel glides from his nest to the acorn, then scurries back to the base of the tree, and then climbs back up the tree to his nest, how far will the flying squirrel travel in total? meters

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A flying squirrel lives in a nest that is 8 meters up in a tree, but wants to eat an acorn that is
on the ground 15 meters away from the base of his tree. If the flying squirrel glides from his
nest to the acorn, then scurries back to the base of the tree, and then climbs back up the
tree to his nest, how far will the flying squirrel travel in total?
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Transcribed Image Text:Recommendations Skill plans Math GA Standards You have prizes ton Geornetry * Q.1 Pythagoreen theorem F55 A flying squirrel lives in a nest that is 8 meters up in a tree, but wants to eat an acorn that is on the ground 15 meters away from the base of his tree. If the flying squirrel glides from his nest to the acorn, then scurries back to the base of the tree, and then climbs back up the tree to his nest, how far will the flying squirrel travel in total? meters Submit OMI
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