SOLUTION: 2 cars traveling in opposite directions each go 4 miles and make a right turn and travel 3 miles each. How many miles apart are they?

Question 278891: 2 cars traveling in opposite directions each go 4 miles and make a right turn and travel 3 miles each. How many miles apart are they?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What you have is right triangle with sides of (3+3) & (4+4).
6^2+8^2=c^2
36+64=c^2
100=c^2
c=sqrt100
c=10 ans. for the distance between the 2 cars.