document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252567>Question 252567</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the distance between two cities is southwest ten miles. to drive, you must travel 8 miles east. how many miles north will you have to drive?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " how many miles north will you have to drive?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is a right triangle problem; use a^2 + b^2 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 8 (east)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 10 southwest<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find b (north)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8^2 + b^2 = 10^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64 + b^2 = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2 = 100 - 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2 = 36<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 6 mi north </SPAN>\n" );
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