SOLUTION: If two planes leave the same airport at l p.m. One flies West at 180 mph & one flies North at 210 mph. How far apart will they be at 3 p.m.?
Algebra.Com
Question 478418: If two planes leave the same airport at l p.m. One flies West at 180 mph & one flies North at 210 mph. How far apart will they be at 3 p.m.?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(360)2+(420)2=p2
129600+176400=306000
p=553.17 or -553.17
Throwing out the negative answer, we get the distance of the planes to be 553.17 miles
RELATED QUESTIONS
two planes leave an airport at the same time. one flies west at 600 mph and the other... (answered by checkley77)
two planes leave Chicago O' Hare airport at the same time. One flies west at 300 mph and... (answered by Alan3354)
two helicopters leave the same army base at 2:00pm. how far apart will they be at 4:00pm... (answered by Boreal,Alan3354)
Two planes leave O'Hare Airport in Chicago at the same time. One flies directly east at... (answered by ichudov,mooney,ultimate44)
Two planes leave St. Louis at the same time. One flies north at 350 mph and the other... (answered by robertb)
If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at... (answered by Earlsdon)
If two planes leave the same airport at 1pm, how many miles apart will they be at 3pm if... (answered by MelanieBCC)
If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at... (answered by fractalier)
If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at... (answered by uma,303795)