document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=545700>Question 545700</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if two planes leave the same airport at 1:00pm, how many miles apart from each other will they be at 3:00 pm if one travels directly north at 150mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #355705 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathTherapy><B>MathTherapy(10552)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathTherapy><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=MathTherapy><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=355705\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if two planes leave the same airport at 1:00pm, how many miles apart from each other will they be at 3:00 pm if one travels directly north at 150mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As this scenario forms a right triangle, the value of the hypotenuse of the right triangle will be the distance between the two planes, 2 hours after they left the airport\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As seen, the legs are 300 (150 * 2) miles, and 400 (200 * 2) miles. As this represents a special triangle (3,4,5 triangle), the hypotenuse of the right triangle, or the distance between the 2 planes will be 500 miles, OR\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "With H being the hypotenuse or the distance between them, we get: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=H%5E2+=+300%5E2+%2B+400%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"H%5E2+=+300%5E2+%2B+400%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=H%5E2+=+90000+%2B+160000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"H%5E2+=+90000+%2B+160000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=H%5E2+=+250000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"H%5E2+=+250000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28H%5E2%29+=+sqrt%28250000%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28H%5E2%29+=+sqrt%28250000%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "H = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28500%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28500%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles, or - 500 (ignore)\r<BR>\n" );
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