Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north; the other east. When the car traveling north had gone 15 mi, the distance between the cars was 5 mi more than the distance traveled by the car heading east. How far had the eastbound car traveled?
1 Answer
Sep 2, 2016
The eastbound car went
Explanation:
Draw a diagram, letting
By pythagorean theorem (since the directions east and north make a right angle) we have:
Hence, the eastbound car has travelled
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