document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1058886>Question 1058886</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> greg leaves moose lodge at 1:00 p.m. on snow shoes traveling east at 2.5 miles per hour. his wife, tricia, leaves the lodge at the same time on cross country skis traveling west at 5 miles per hour. at what time will they be 10 miles apart? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<s>Their distances form a right triangle, so using Pythagorean Theorem formula for the distances:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are right.  I misread the description.  They went in OPPOSITE directions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You want this:<BR>\n" );
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