SOLUTION: Solve. Ann Cobb lives 20 miles due north of her favorite radio station. While driving due east from her house , she was able to keep the radio signal for 75 miles. What is the

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Ann Cobb lives 20 miles due north of her favorite radio station. While driving due east from her house , she was able to keep the radio signal for 75 miles. What is the broadcasting range of her favorite radio station?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The 20 miles north from her house and the 75 miles east from her house are legs of a right triangle.
The hypotenuse of the right triangle is the distance from the radio station and its range.
Use the Pythagorean theorem,

or approximately,
miles

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