Question

A small plane is 20 miles due north of the airport. a jet at the same altitude as the plane is 64.5 miles west of the airport. to the nearest tenth, what is the distance between the small plane and the jet? enter your answer as a decimal in the box.

Answer 1

okay realize that the distance traveled by the small plane, distance traveled by jet, and the distance between them makes a right triangle. Using Pythagorean theorem and allowing x be the distance between them, x² = (20 miles)² + (64.5 miles
 x = 67.53 miles the distance between the two entities in nearest tenth is approximately 67.5 miles.