document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=982743>Question 982743</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with the problem below:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two hikers come to a fork in a road. One walks down one straight branch at 3 mph and the other walks down the other straight branch at 3.5 mph. If the angle between the branches is 30 degrees find the distance between the two hikers after one hour.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #603536 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</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=603536\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Uniform Rates of Travel, RT=D, and Law of Cosines.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the triangle.  The unknown side opposite the 30 degree fork is what you want to solve for.  Calling this segment length d,\r<BR>\n" );
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