document.write( "Question 746429: An airplane flies from City A in a straight line to City B, which is 130 kilometers north and 195 kilometers west of City A. How far does the plane fly? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #454261 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! An airplane flies from City A in a straight line to City B, which is 130 kilometers north and 195 kilometers west of City A. How far does the plane fly? \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "The route line is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with \n" ); document.write( "sides equal to 130 and 195 km. \n" ); document.write( "-------- \n" ); document.write( "Use Pythatoras to solve for the route length. \n" ); document.write( "route = sqrt[130^2+195^2] = 234.36 km \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "============ \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |