A rocket ascends vertically after being launched from a location that is midway between two ground-based tracking stations. When the rocket reaches an altitude of 4 kilometers, it is 5 kilometers from each of the tracking stations. Assuming that this is a locale where the terrain is flat, how far apart are the two tracking stations?

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Use the Pythagorean Theorem.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/pythagoras.html

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A rocket ascends vertically after being launched from a location that is midway between two ground-based tracking stations. When the rocket reaches an altitude of 4 kilometers, it is 5 kilometers from each of the tracking stations. Assuming that this is a locale where the terrain is flat, how far apart are the two tracking stations?

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Use the Pythagorean Theorem.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/pythagoras.html

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Use the Pythagorean Theorem. http://www.mathsisfun.com/pythagoras.html