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A balloon is released and flies straight up for 4 miles, and then the wind blows it west for 4 miles. Find the distance between the balloon and the site where it was released.
11 years ago

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Ms. Sue
This sounds like a right angle triangle with the distance being the hypotenuse.

Use the Pythagorean Theorem.
11 years ago

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