Resident distance speed
Two of its inhabitants stand at one point in the land of two-dimensional beings. Suddenly, they both start running at the same moment. Resident A runs north at 5 m/s, and resident B runs east at 12 m/s. Calculate how fast they are moving away from each other.
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