document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=591881>Question 591881</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \" A small distance commuter airline flies to three cities whose locations form the vertices of a right triangle. The total flight distance (from city A to city B to city C and back to city A) is 1400 miles. It is 600 miles between the two cities that are furthest apart. Find the other two distances between cities. \" \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is the math problem. So far all I could tell was that the miles from city B to city C and from city C to city A is 800 miles. The figure is a right triangle in which side BA is the longest, AC is the middle one in length and BC is the shortest side. Please help, I have an exam tomorrow and I do not understand how to solve this excercise.\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 #375768 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=375768\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x + y = 800\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + y^2 = 600^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve by substitution </SPAN>\n" );
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