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Two surveyors with two-way radios leave the same point at 9:00 A.M., one walking due south at 5 mi/hr and the other due west at 2 mi/hr . How long can they communicate with one another if each radio has a maximum range of 6 miles? (Round to the nearest minute.)
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw the picture.
\n" ); document.write( "South-bound distance 5x miles, where x is amount of time.
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\n" ); document.write( "West-bound distance 2x miles, where x is the amount of time.
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\n" ); document.write( "You want the hypotenuse to be 6 miles.
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\n" ); document.write( "Use Pythagoras to get the hypotenuse.
\n" ); document.write( "(5x)^2 + (2x)^2 = 36
\n" ); document.write( "25x^2 + 4x^2 = 36
\n" ); document.write( "29x^2 = 36
\n" ); document.write( "x = 6/sqrt(29) = 1.114 hr = 1 hr 6 min 51 seconds
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