document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=703613>Question 703613</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> city B is 8 miles east of city A. city C is 6 miles north of city B. city D is 16 miles east of city C, and city E is 12 miles north of city D. what is the distance from city A to city E?<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 #433584 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39616)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=433584\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Draw that exactly as you describe.  There will be a point on line AB toward the right, and on the line DE downward at which lines AB and DE intersect.  Call this point, R.  You now have a triangle ARE  (using the points, A, R, and E) and it is a Right triangle with angle at R being 90 degrees.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See that length AR is 8+16, and length ER is 12+6.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length AE is the hypotenuse of this triangle.  Use Pythagorean Theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "AR = 24, and ER = 18\r<BR>\n" );
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