An airplane is approaching Los Angeles International Airport at an altitude of 10,560 feet. If the horizontal distance from the plane to the runway is 2.1 miles, use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the diagonal distance from the plane to the runway (see the figure below). (5,280 feet equals 1 mile.) a mi a = 2.1 miles, b= 10,560 feet

An airplane is approaching Los Angeles International Airport at an altitude of 10,560 feet. If the horizontal distance from the plane to the runway is 2.1 miles, use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the diagonal distance from the plane to the runway (see the figure below). (5,280 feet equals 1 mile.) a mi a = 2.1 miles, b= 10,560 feet

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