document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163446>Question 1163446</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose you travel north at 15 kilometers per hour for 2 hours then travel east. If at one place he is 34 kilometers from your starting point, how many hours have you traveled? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose you travel north at 15 kilometers per hour for 2 hours then travel east. If at one place <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cross%28he%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cross%28he%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cross%28is%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cross%28is%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > you are 34 kilometers from your starting point, how many hours have you traveled?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The statement of the problem is deficient -- it must specify that the speed going east is the same as the speed going north.  In order to solve the problem, we must assume that is the case.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A diagram of the problem will show you going 30 kilometers north (2 hours at 15km/h), then traveling east for some distance, ending 34 kilometers from your starting point.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That makes a right triangle with one leg 30 and hypotenuse 34.  Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the other leg.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then use that length and the speed of 15km/h to find the amount of time spent traveling east.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then add that to the 2 hours you spent traveling north to find the total time traveled.<br><BR>\n" );
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