document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252566>Question 252566</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the distance between two cities is southwest ten miles. to dive, you must travel 8 miles east. how many miles north will you have to drive?<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 #184549 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><B>drk(1908)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=184549\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Step 1 - draw a segment going from northeast to southwest. Call is 10 miles. Create a right triangle with lines going east and then south. Label the east 8 miles. You have created a right triangle with a = a (north / south), b = 8, and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 10. Use Pythagorean theorem to find a.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = 6 miles north.<BR>\n" );
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