document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252843>Question 252843</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A military jet flies directly over and at right angles to the straight-line course of a commercial jet. The military jet is flying 200 mph faster than four times the commercial jet. How fast is each going if they are 2050 miles apart (on a direct line) after 1 hour?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please Help!  I have to show my work and I keep getting lost. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #184955 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><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=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=184955\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what was the point of the right angle?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Setting the stage for the pythagorean theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the distance between them will be the hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "their flight patterns are the legs of the triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4x+200)^2+x^2=2050^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17x^2+1600x+40000 = 4202500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-450)(17x+9250) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we can only use the positive solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=450 commercial<BR>\n" );
document.write( "military=4(450)+200=2000<BR>\n" );
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