SOLUTION: two helicopters leave the same army base at 2:00pm. how far apart will they be at 4:00pm if one flies due north at 120 mph and the other flies due west at 90 mph
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Question 985538: two helicopters leave the same army base at 2:00pm. how far apart will they be at 4:00pm if one flies due north at 120 mph and the other flies due west at 90 mph Found 2 solutions by Boreal, Alan3354:Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This will be a right triangle.
In two hours one is 240 mi. north, the other 180 mi. west.
These are legs of a right triangle whose hypotenuse is the distance between them.
divide both those by 60, and you have legs of 4 and 3. The hypotenuse will be 5, and multiplying that by 60, you have 300 miles apart.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! two helicopters leave the same army base at 2:00pm. how far apart will they be at 4:00pm if one flies due north at 120 mph and the other flies due west at 90 mph
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It's a right triangle.
Find their distances from the base, then find the hypotenuse.
