document.write( "Question 1160192: John and Aaron start running from the same point. John runs due north at a rate of 10km/hour and Aaron runs due west at a rate of 12km/hour.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Distance equals rate times time. So the distance John runs is And the distance Aaron runs is \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The distance between them is the hypotenuse of a right triangle where the individual distances are the legs.\r
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