document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=241020>Question 241020</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a man travels 100 miles North from point A and than 200 miles west how far from point A is the man? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We need to assume he travels directly west, then we can use the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "C^2=A^2+B^2 formula. This is used to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So plug in the numbers which will look like this: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2=100^2+200^2 Do the math will give us: (Note c^2 represents the diagonal)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2=10000+40000 Add like terms gives us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2=50000  Now square root both sides gives us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=223.61 miles (Rounded off to the nearest hundredth)<BR>\n" );
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