SOLUTION: If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 pm, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00pm if one travels directly north at 150mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph?
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Question 293147: If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 pm, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00pm if one travels directly north at 150mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph? Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is a right triangle with sides equal to:
2*150=300 miles
2*200=400 miles
The distance between then is the hypotenuse of this triangle.
300^2+400^2=d^2
90,000+160,000=d^2
d^2=250,000
d=sqrt250,000
d=500 miles is the distance between the 2 planes @ 3:00 pm.
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