document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=362893>Question 362893</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> mary works due north from home.her husband ben  works due east.they leave from work at the same time. by the time mary is 5 miles from home the distance between them is one mile more than ben distance from home. how far is ben? __ miles ?? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #258758 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=258758\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let Ben be x miles from home<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then they will be x+1 miles away when Mary is 5 miles from home.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since they are travelling east and north they form right triangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pythagoras theorem<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+1)^2=x^2+5^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+2x+1=x^2+25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 12 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ben is 12 miles from home<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...<BR>\n" );
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