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As a balloon is launched from the ground, the wind is blowing it due east. The conditions...

As a balloon is launched from the ground, the wind is blowing it due east. The conditions are such that the balloon is ascending along a straight line with slope 1/5. After 1 hour the balloon is 5000 feet vertically above the ground. How far east has the balloon blown?

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