SOLUTION: if flight number 313 flies east from Minneapolis for 225 miles and then south for 315 miles, how far from Minneapolis is the airplane?
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Question 969375: if flight number 313 flies east from Minneapolis for 225 miles and then south for 315 miles, how far from Minneapolis is the airplane?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if flight number 313 flies east from Minneapolis for 225 miles and then south for 315 miles, how far from Minneapolis is the airplane?
:
The two distances form the legs of a right triangle
The distance from Minneapolis is the hypotenuse (h)
h =
h = 387.1 mi
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