SOLUTION: Two trucks leave a warehouse at the same time. One truck travels east at a rate of 55 miles per hour and the other travels south at a rate of 65 miles per hour. How far apart are t
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Question 1170047: Two trucks leave a warehouse at the same time. One truck travels east at a rate of 55 miles per hour and the other travels south at a rate of 65 miles per hour. How far apart are the two trucks after 2 hours? (Assume that both trucks are traveling in a striaght line.)
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Two trucks leave a warehouse at the same time.
One truck travels east at a rate of 55 miles per hour and the other travels south at a rate of 65 miles per hour.
How far apart are the two trucks after 2 hours? (Assume that both trucks are traveling in a striaght line.)
:
Find the distance each truck has traveled after two hours
2*55 = 110 mi
and
2*65 = 130 mi
:
This forms a right triangle, the hypotenuse (h) is the distance between the trucks
h^2 = 110^2 + 130^2
h =
h =
h = 170.3 mi apart after 2 hrs
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