Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
2 planes leave Paris at 1PM, how many miles apart are they at 3PM if A travels 150mph N, B travels 200mph W?
If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00 PM if one travels directly north at 150 mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph?
I think I am doing this wrong. I subtracted the difference between the speeds and got 50mph then multiplied it by the time displacement of 2hrs. I got 100 miles
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
565.68
300 miles sqaured + 400 miles squared= 250000, take the square root of that which = 565.68
- RODNEY_LEELv 41 decade ago
Plane A travels 2 hours @ 150 MPH which is 300 miles.
Plane B travels 2 hours @ 200 MPH which is 400 miles.
Since they're travelling at 90° with respect to each other, the difference separating them is:
Sqrt(300^2+400^2) or 500 miles.
Source(s): Trigonometry
