2 years ago

Fairview is 15 kilometers due north of the airport, and Lowell is due east of the airport. If the

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1 answer:

Serggg [28]2 years ago

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Answer:

8km

Step-by-step explanation:

The three points form a right-angled triangle with 15km as the height and 17km as the hypotenuse.

To find the distance between Lowell and the port which is the base use the pythagorean theorem.

=√17² - 15²

=8km

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