Homework Help: college geometry

Posted by Kathy on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 11:36pm.

The distance between Sue and a dude ranch was 30 miles straight accross a rattlesnake-infested canyon. Instead of crossing the canyon, she hiked due north for a long time and then hiked due east for a ahorter leg of the journey to the ranch. If she averaged 4 mph and it took her 9 hours to get to the ranch, then how far did she hike in a northerly direction?

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