Answer:
Distance between balloon and point of liftoff is 1118 feet.
Step-by-step explanation:
A hot air balloon rises straight up 500 feet. It catches a breeze and is blown west 1000 feet.
Since this phenomenon is three dimensional but I have drawn it in 2 dimensions.
So distance between balloon and the liftoff point will be
x² = 1000² + 500²
\(x^{2}=10^{6}+0.25(10)^{6}\)
= \(1.25(10)^{6}\)
x = \(\sqrt{1.25(10)^{6} }\)
= 1.118×1000
= 1118 feet
Therefore, distance between balloon from the point of liftoff is 1118 feet
