document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=42614>Question 42614</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Another word problem and I don't know where to begin.  Please, Please, Please, help me to figure this out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose you travel north for 35 kilometers then travel east 65 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point?  North and east can be considered the directions of the y- and x-axis respectively.\r<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 #27729 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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=27729\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To solve this problem, consider the northern leg of the trip as one leg of a right triangle 35 Km long.  The eastern leg can be considered as the perpendicular leg of the right triangle 65 Km long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You are asked to find the straight-line distance from the starting point which, in reality, forms the hypotenuse of this right triangle. You can use the Pythagorean theorem <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where a = 35 Km and b = 65 Km and c is the straight-line distance from the starting point.\r<BR>\n" );
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