SOLUTION: If Northwest airlines flight #313 flies east from Minneapolis- St. Paul for 225 miles and then south for 315 miles, how far from Minneapolis- St. Paul is the airplane? If necessary

SOLUTION: If Northwest airlines flight #313 flies east from Minneapolis- St. Paul for 225 miles and then south for 315 miles, how far from Minneapolis- St. Paul is the airplane? If necessary

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Question 970311: If Northwest airlines flight #313 flies east from Minneapolis- St. Paul for 225 miles and then south for 315 miles, how far from Minneapolis- St. Paul is the airplane? If necessary round to the nearest tenth of a mile.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's a right triangle.
Find the hypotenuse.
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