SOLUTION: At noon, car A left town heading due East at 50 miles per hour. A 1:00PM, car B left the same town heading due North at 40 miles per hour. How far apart will they be at 3:30PM?

Question 1140960: At noon, car A left town heading due East at 50 miles per hour. A 1:00PM,
car B left the same town heading due North at 40 miles per hour. How
far apart will they be at 3:30PM?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a right triangle, and the hypotenuse will be the distance between them.
Eastbound car goes 175 miles by 330 pm
north bound has gone 100 miles by 330 pm
100^2+175^2=40625
square root of that is 201.56 miles
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