After taking off from the landing pad, a helicopter flies 3 miles west, then 2 miles southeast. How far is the helicopter from the landing pad? If someone could explain to that would be very helpful

When the plane makes its turn to fly southeast, it makes a 45º angle at point a, making angle abc also equal to 45º.  

Line ab is the 2 miles southeast the plane flies.

Line ac = line cb

sine (45º) = opposite / hypotenuse = cb / 2

.70711 = cb / 2

cb = 1.41422  miles = line ac

Line cs = 3 - 1.41422 = 1.58578

Line x^2 = cs^2 + cb^2

Line x^2 = 2.5146982084  + 2.0000182084

Line x^2 = 4.5147

Line x = 2.1248

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