document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=245348>Question 245348</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this word problem:   a glider flies 8 miles south from the airport and then 15 miles east. then it flies in a straight line back to the airport. What was the distance of the gliders last leg back to the airport?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #401958 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ammuann123><B>ammuann123(2)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ammuann123><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=401958\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You must use pythagorean thoerem. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2= (15)^2 + (8)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2= 289<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= Sqrt(289)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 17 miles </SPAN>\n" );
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