document.write( "Question 487835: Two ships leave port at the same time. Ship A sails north at a speed of 10 mph while ship B sails east at a speed of 35 mph. Find an expression in terms of the time t (in hours) giving the distance between two ships. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #333148 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two ships leave port at the same time. Ship A sails north at a speed of 10 mph while ship B sails east at a speed of 35 mph. \n" ); document.write( " Find an expression in terms of the time t (in hours) giving the distance between two ships. \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "This is a right triangle problem, c^2 = a^2 + b^2 \n" ); document.write( "where \n" ); document.write( "c = is the distance between the ship after t hrs \n" ); document.write( "a = 10t \n" ); document.write( "b = 35t \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Dist = |