SOLUTION: Wei-Jen works due north of home. Her husband Alan works due east. They leave for work at the same time. By the time Wei-Jen is 5 mi from home, the distance between them is 1 mi mor
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Question 335792: Wei-Jen works due north of home. Her husband Alan works due east. They leave for work at the same time. By the time Wei-Jen is 5 mi from home, the distance between them is 1 mi more than Alan's distance from home. How far from home is Alan? I did try to solve this problem but i think i missed a step, so it just got me more confused with the problem. Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The distance from each to home are the legs of a right triangle.
The distance between them is the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
Use the Pythagorean theorem,
Take it from there and solve for X, Alan's distance from home.
Re-post if you get stuck.
