SOLUTION: a plane travels due north for 300 km , then turns and travels due west for 800km to arrive at its destination . the plane now has to turn around and return to its original starting
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Question 560301: a plane travels due north for 300 km , then turns and travels due west for 800km to arrive at its destination . the plane now has to turn around and return to its original starting point . how far does it have to travel to get back to its staring point ? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! the plane will take a shortest distance to the original point.
this is the hypotenuse.
side1 = 300
side2 = 800
hyp^2 = 300^2+800^2
hyp^2= 730,000
Hyp=854 miles
