Two planes leave an airport at the same time, one flying N 35(degrees)W at 500km/hr and the other flying S 50(degrees)E at 300km/hr. What is the distance between the planes 2 hours later?

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anonymous · Answer

Make a triangle maybe? after 2 hours the first is 1000km away from the origin and the second plane is 600km away. the different angles create a triangle, and then you can use law of sin/cos to find the 3rd side of that triangle. use your given angles to find the interior angle of the SAS triangle you would make.

anonymous · Answer

I was thinking along those lines. Let me give it a try.