document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1010454>Question 1010454</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rosa works due north of home. Her husband Ray works due east. They leave for work at the same time. By the time Rosa is 5 miles from home, the distance between them is one mile more more than Ray's distance from home. How far from home is Rosa?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rosa's leg is 5 miles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Call Ray's leg, x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The hypotenuse is then x + 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From the Pythagorean Theorem, we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 5^2 = (x + 1)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 25 = x^2 + 2x + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rosa is still 5 miles from home.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ray is 12 miles from home.<BR>\n" );
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