2 Planes Traveling in different directions.
Original Problem: Two Planes leave simultaneously from Chicago's O'Hare Airport, one flying due north and the other due east. The northbound plane is flying 50 miles faster than the eastbound plane. After 3 hours, the planes are 2440 miles apart. Find the speed of each.
So what I know is
East planes speed is = s
and north bound plane is = s + 50mph
they are forming a right triangle with the distance between them
so distance of east plane is = x
and north is = y
so y(squared) + x(squared) = 2440 miles
3 hours travel time
... I know the answer I don't care about that but I need an idea of how from the this information I can get started. Been working on this for about a hour and have come up with nothing:confused: