document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=95308>Question 95308</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The space shuttle orbits the earth at altitudes between 115 and 400 miles. A radar station at Cape Canaveral locates the shuttle at a distance of 247.5 miles. If the shuttle is at an altitude of 211.3 miles, then how far is it from the station?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture as a right triangle with base = x, altitude=211.3 and hypotenuse = 247.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use Pythagoras: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "247.5^2 = x^2 + 211.3^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 16608.56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 128.87 miles<BR>\n" );
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