Problema Solution
A commercial jet flies to three cities whose locations form the vertices of a right triangle (see figure). The total flight distance (from Oklahoma City to Austin to New Orleans and back to Oklahoma City) is approximately 1348 miles. It is 560 miles between Oklahoma City and New Orleans. Approximate the other two distances. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
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no figure is visible, so some descriptive text regarding the figure is probably required but we will assume the figure shows a right triangle with a perimeter of 1348 miles and a hypotenuse of 560 miles between OK and NO.
the problem requests that the two distances be approximated, so one really probably has to be able to see the figure in order to answer the question... there has to be some information that gives a sense of relative lengths of the OK-to-Austin and Austin-to-NO distances
1348-560 = 788
let 'x' represent the approximated distance from OK to Austin, then '788-x' represents the approximated distance from Austin to NO