SOLUTION: The birds shown on the graph below are flying toward one another at the same speed and same altitude on a straight line course.The birds start from points A(-4 4) and B(10 -2). How

Question 1163223: The birds shown on the graph below are flying toward one another at the same speed and same altitude on a straight line course.The birds start from points A(-4 4) and B(10 -2). How far will each bird fly (to the nearest mile) before they collide if each grid on the graph represents 5 miles? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-nFHdeNhm8pyfkVN1HXpfg6ckeoBaM7b/view?usp=drivesdk this is the link for the picture.
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52754) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Answer by greenestamps(13195) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The distance between the two starting points on the graph is, by the Pythagorean Theorem,

Each bird flies half that distance, .

Each unit on the graph represents 5 miles, so the number of miles each bird flies is .

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