document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=504199>Question 504199</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A hot-air balloon, headed due east at an average speed of 15 miles per hour and at a constant altitude of 100 feet, passes over an intersection. Find the expression for the distance d (measured in feet) from the balloon to the intersection t seconds later. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The distance is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "height = 100 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "path of the balloon has speed 15*5280 ft/hr = 79000 ft/hr = 1320 ft/sec<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "dist = sqrt[100^2 + 1320^2*t]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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