SOLUTION: An airplane flies from City A in a straight line to City B, which is 130 kilometers north and 195 kilometers west of City A. How far does the plane fly?
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Question 746429: An airplane flies from City A in a straight line to City B, which is 130 kilometers north and 195 kilometers west of City A. How far does the plane fly?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An airplane flies from City A in a straight line to City B, which is 130 kilometers north and 195 kilometers west of City A. How far does the plane fly?
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The route line is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with
sides equal to 130 and 195 km.
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Use Pythatoras to solve for the route length.
route = sqrt[130^2+195^2] = 234.36 km
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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