SOLUTION: The Giants left San Francisco heading north east at 180 km/hr. At the same time, the Patriots left Boston and headed southwest traveling at 150 km/hr. After 8 hrs both planes lande

Question 562528: The Giants left San Francisco heading north east at 180 km/hr. At the same time, the Patriots left Boston and headed southwest traveling at 150 km/hr. After 8 hrs both planes landed in indianapolis at the same time, how far apart are boston and San Francisco?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = distance in km from Boston to Indianapolis
Let = distance in km from SF to Indianapolis
The planes are heading in a straight line towards
each other, since SW is the opposite direction from NE
Plane from Boston:

Plane from SF:

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