Identify the five places, a to e shown on the satellite photo of the earth below.

the answer would be the third option, "no, ariel should have added 9^2 and 12^2 and compared that to 15^2."

this is found through the pythagorean theorem, which is a^2 + b^2 = c^2.

this is the correct way of solving the problem:

9^2 + 12^2 = 15^2

81 + 144 = 225

225 = 225

if he does not use open the compass the a width greater than half of po, he will not be able to find the midpoint of the line, without the midpoint of the line, he will not be able to bisect the line.   to find the midpoint of a line the circles drawn with a compass must either intersect or be touching.