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Masteriza [31]
3 years ago
14

From a train station, one train heads north, and another heads east. Some time later, the northbound train has traveled 12 miles

, and the eastbound train has traveled 16 miles. How far apart are the two trains, measured in a straight line?
Mathematics
1 answer:
tigry1 [53]3 years ago
3 0

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Answer:

  20 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

The north and east distances form the legs of a right triangle. The straight-line distance between the trains is the hypotenuse of that triangle. The Pythagorean theorem can be used to find the length of the hypotenuse (d).

  d² = 12² +16²

  d² = 144 +256 = 400

  d = √400 = 20

The two trains are 20 miles apart.

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<em>Additional comment</em>

You may recognize the given distances are in the ratio 3 : 4.  You may recall that side ratios of 3 : 4 : 5 make a right triangle. If so, you recognize that the straight-line distance is (4 miles)×5 = 20 miles. (3:4:5 right triangles show up often in algebra and geometry problems, so might be something you want to look for.)

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