SOLUTION: Bob and his wife, Betty, are each leaving their home at 9:00 a.m. Bob drives due north at 65 mph while Betty drives due west at 72 mph. How far apart are Bob and Betty after 45

Question 1169408: Bob and his wife, Betty, are each leaving their home at 9:00 a.m. Bob drives due north at 65 mph while Betty drives due west at 72 mph.
How far apart are Bob and Betty after 45 minutes?

Answer by ikleyn(52887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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     miles.


Use your calculator.

It does not matter, at what precisely time they left their home . . .

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