SOLUTION: Two ships leave a port at the same time and travel at the same speed. One ship is traveling due north and the other due east. In a few hours, the ships are 150 miles apart. How man
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Question 856466: Two ships leave a port at the same time and travel at the same speed. One ship is traveling due north and the other due east. In a few hours, the ships are 150 miles apart. How many miles has each ship traveled? give an exact answer and a one-decimal-place approximation.
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two ships leave a port at the same time and travel at the same speed. One ship is traveling due north and the other due east. In a few hours, the ships are 150 miles apart. How many miles has each ship traveled? give an exact answer and a one-decimal-place approximation.
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let x=distance each ship traveled:
By the pythagorean theorem:
x^2+x^2=150^2
2x^2=22500
x^2=11250
x=√11250=106.07
distance each ship traveled≈106.1 miles
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