SOLUTION: Two jets leave an airport at the same time, one jet flies east, 500 miles per hour and the other flying north at 520 miles per hour, how far apart are the jets after 2 hours?
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Question 613667: Two jets leave an airport at the same time, one jet flies east, 500 miles per hour and the other flying north at 520 miles per hour, how far apart are the jets after 2 hours? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Find the measure of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs that measure 1000 miles and 1040 miles. Hint: Use Pythagoras. Simplify and leave in radical form for an exact answer, or use your calculator for an appropriately precise approximation.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
