baselramjet
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This one has my head spinning
One rocket flies west from Nevada at 350 mph. A second rocket, shot at the same time from the same location as the first, flies southeast at 200mph. How far apart are the rockets after one hour and thirty-six minutes?
Edit (in reply to following post):
So I started out by multiplying each mph by 1.36
350*1.36= 476
200*1.36= 272
then I constructed a triangle
side a=272
side b=
side c= 476
angle A=
angle B= 45 degrees
angle C=
So I am assuming that to find the answer (How far apart are the rockets after one hour and thirty-six minutes?) I have to find what side c is?
Am I correct so far?
One rocket flies west from Nevada at 350 mph. A second rocket, shot at the same time from the same location as the first, flies southeast at 200mph. How far apart are the rockets after one hour and thirty-six minutes?
Edit (in reply to following post):
So I started out by multiplying each mph by 1.36
350*1.36= 476
200*1.36= 272
then I constructed a triangle
side a=272
side b=
side c= 476
angle A=
angle B= 45 degrees
angle C=
So I am assuming that to find the answer (How far apart are the rockets after one hour and thirty-six minutes?) I have to find what side c is?
Am I correct so far?