SOLUTION: Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north; the other east. When the car traveling north had gone 18 miles, the distance between the cars was 6 miles more than the dista

Question 189639: Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north; the other east. When the car traveling north had gone 18 miles, the distance between the cars was 6 miles more than the distance traveled by the car heading east. How far had the eastboud car traveled?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the distance traveled by the eastbound car = mi
given:

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Subtract from both sides

The eastbound car traveled 24 mi
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