The tennis courts are 3 blocks west and 2 blocks south of Miguel’s house. The bike path is 5 blocks east and 2 blocks south of Miguel’s house. How many blocks are the tennis courts from the bike path?
If Miguel's house is (0,0), then the tennis court is (-3,-2), and the bike path is (5,-2). There fore, we can just count the squares between the tennis court and the bike path, which is 8.