document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=287260>Question 287260</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> hello can you help me with a step by step approach with the aid of a diagram for the following question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A ship sail 12 km due north of a port and then sails 14 km due east.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) How far is the ship from the port?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) How much farther east will it have sailed when it is 30 km from the port?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) How far is the ship from the port?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a right triangle with a north leg of 12 and an east leg of 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use Pythagoras to find the hypotenuse:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h^2 = 12^2 + 14^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = sqrt(340)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse = distance from port = 18.44 km<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) How much farther east will it have sailed when it is 30 km from the port?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a right triangle with a north leg of 12, an east leg of \"x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and a hypotenuse of 30<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "30^2 = 12^2 + x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 30^2-12^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 756<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 27.5 km<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It will have sailed 27.5-14 = 13.5 km further east.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.  </SPAN>\n" );
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