document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=86180>Question 86180</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose you travel north for 65 kilometers then travel east 75 kilometers. How far are you from your stating point? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #62291 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><B>ptaylor(2198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ptaylor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=62291\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your route has traced out two legs of a right triangle. The hypotnuse of the right triangle is the shortest distance from where you are to where you started from and this is given by: c^2=a^2+b^2 which is the Pythagorean Theorem. c is the hypotnuse and a and b are the two legs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c^2=65^2+75^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c^2=4225+5625\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c^2=9850  take square root of both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=99.247 kilometers\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps----ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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