SOLUTION: The Giants left San Francisco heading north east at 180 km/hr. At the same time, the Patriots left Boston and headed southwest traveling at 150 km/hr. After 8 hrs both planes lande
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Question 562528: The Giants left San Francisco heading north east at 180 km/hr. At the same time, the Patriots left Boston and headed southwest traveling at 150 km/hr. After 8 hrs both planes landed in indianapolis at the same time, how far apart are boston and San Francisco? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = distance in km from Boston to Indianapolis
Let = distance in km from SF to Indianapolis
The planes are heading in a straight line towards
each other, since SW is the opposite direction from NE
Plane from Boston:
Plane from SF:
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