document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=164539>Question 164539</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a radio tower located 18 miles north of a straight highway has a transmission radius of 33 miles. find x the length of the section of highway that is within the transmission radius of the tower.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #121238 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=121238\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a radio tower located 18 miles north of a straight highway has a transmission <BR>\n" );
document.write( "radius of 33 miles. find x the length of the section of highway that is within<BR>\n" );
document.write( " the transmission radius of the tower.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you draw this out, you can see that two right triangles are formed by the<BR>\n" );
document.write( " radii, the highway, and 18 mi. The radius will be the hypotenuse, the third<BR>\n" );
document.write( " side will be half the distance of the highway inside the transmission circle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let a = .5x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2 + 18^2 = 33^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2 + 324 = 1089<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2 = 1089 - 324<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2 = 765<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28765%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28765%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 27.6586 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 2*27.6586<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 55.317 mi is the highway <BR>\n" );
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