document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=47554>Question 47554</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321279085/algebrahomeworkh>college algebra with modeling and visualization</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <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 starting point? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #716013 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=amalm06><B>amalm06(224)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=amalm06><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=amalm06><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=716013\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The required distance is equivalent to the diagonal of a parallelogram, in this case a rectangle. That is, consider a rectangle with side lengths 75 and 65. Then the length of the diagonal, d, can be found as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(65)^2+(75)^2=d^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "            d=99.25 km (Answer)  </SPAN>\n" );
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