SOLUTION: Two planes leave an airport at the same time, one flying due west at 500km/h and the other flying due southeast at 300km/h. What is the distance between the planes two hours later?

Question 295678: Two planes leave an airport at the same time, one flying due west at 500km/h and the other flying due southeast at 300km/h. What is the distance between the planes two hours later?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two planes leave an airport at the same time, one flying due west at 500km/h and the other flying due southeast at 300km/h. What is the distance between the planes two hours later?
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From their starting point, one plane is 1000 km away, the other is 600 km away.
The angle between their paths is 135 degs
s = distance between the planes

s =~ 1486.11 km
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PS "due southeast" is not a valid navigation term.
It's "due east, due north", etc, only the 4 cardinal compass points.

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