document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1170047>Question 1170047</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trucks leave a warehouse at the same time. One truck travels east at a rate of 55 miles per hour and the other travels south at a rate of 65 miles per hour. How far apart are the two trucks after 2 hours? (Assume that both trucks are traveling in a striaght line.) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " One truck travels east at a rate of 55 miles per hour and the other travels south at a rate of 65 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How far apart are the two trucks after 2 hours? (Assume that both trucks are traveling in a striaght line.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the distance each truck has traveled after two hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*55 = 110 mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2*65 = 130 mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This forms a right triangle, the hypotenuse (h) is the distance between the trucks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h^2 = 110^2 + 130^2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2812100%2B16900%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2812100%2B16900%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%282900%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%282900%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 170.3 mi apart after 2 hrs<BR>\n" );
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