SOLUTION: Two airplanes leave an airport at the same time and at a 90° angle from each
other. After an hour of flying at the same altitude, one plane is 160 miles from
the airport, and the
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Question 1086185: Two airplanes leave an airport at the same time and at a 90° angle from each
other. After an hour of flying at the same altitude, one plane is 160 miles from
the airport, and the other is 180 miles from the airport. To the nearest tenth of a mile, how far are the planes from each other?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two airplanes leave an airport at the same time and at a 90° angle from each
other. After an hour of flying at the same altitude, one plane is 160 miles from
the airport, and the other is 180 miles from the airport. To the nearest tenth of a mile, how far are the planes from each other?
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It's a right triangle.
Find the hypotenuse.
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