SOLUTION: Two cars leave a right angle intersection at the same time. One is heading south at a constant speed of 80 miles per hour, and the other is headed west at a constant speed of 60 mi

Question 944433: Two cars leave a right angle intersection at the same time. One is heading south at a constant speed of 80 miles per hour, and the other is headed west at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour. Express the distance d between the cars as a function of time, t. Find the domain of d.
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Two cars leave a right angle intersection at the same time.
One is heading south at a constant speed of 80 miles per hour, and the other is headed west at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour.
Express the distance d between the cars as a function of time, t.
:
80t = distance traveled by the southbound car
60t = distance traveled by the westbound
:
The distance between them is the square root of these two distances squared
(a right triangle, with legs of 80t and 60t, distance between them is the hypotenuse)
d =
looks like this, ignore the negative t

:
Find the domain of d, positive real numbers, 0 ... oo+
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