SOLUTION: A car leaves town and drives south east at 30 miles per hour. A second car leaves the same point at the same time and drives north east. After four hours they are 200 miles apart.

Question 290543: A car leaves town and drives south east at 30 miles per hour. A second car leaves the same point at the same time and drives north east. After four hours they are 200 miles apart. How fast was the second car driving?
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(4*30)^2+(4*x)^2=200^2
solve for x
x=40

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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