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document.write( "Two jets pass directly over each other at 10am.  One jet is traveling south at 480 km/h the other is traveling east at 900 km/h.  How far are the two jets apart 2 hours later? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Two jets pass directly over each other at 10am. One jet is traveling south at 480 km/h the other is traveling east at 900 km/h. How far are the two jets apart 2 hours later<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the crossing point, one jet is 480 km and the other is 900 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The hypotenuse is sqrt(480^2 + 900^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=sqrt(230400 + 810000)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= sqrt(1040400)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 1020 km<BR>\n" );
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