document.write( "Question 281492: ..4.. If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00 PM if one travels directly north at 150 mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph?
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document.write( "A. 50 miles
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document.write( "B. 100 miles
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document.write( "C. 500 miles
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document.write( "D. 700 miles
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document.write( "E. 1,000 miles \r
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document.write( "I am trying to figure out how to set up a formula to work this problem.\r
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document.write( "I thought drawing it. I thought about making it a right angle and doing the Csquared =Asquared + Bsquared but that didn't work and I am not sure how to take a number and come up with what is it square root is. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #204486 by Alan3354(69443)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00 PM if one travels directly north at 150 mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph? \n" ); document.write( "A. 50 miles \n" ); document.write( "B. 100 miles \n" ); document.write( "C. 500 miles \n" ); document.write( "D. 700 miles \n" ); document.write( "E. 1,000 miles \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "In 2 hours, one plane is 300 miles north \n" ); document.write( "The other is 400 miles west \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "That makes a right triangle with sides of 300 and 400 miles \n" ); document.write( "They hypotenuse is 500 miles, the 3, 4, 5 triangle \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "I don't know why you said that didn't work. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |