SOLUTION: two vehicles leave the same corner at the same time and travel at a right angle to each other. One vehicle travles 3 kilometers an hour faster than the other. if after one hour the

Question 996348: two vehicles leave the same corner at the same time and travel at a right angle to each other. One vehicle travles 3 kilometers an hour faster than the other. if after one hour the vehicles are fifteen kilometers apart, fid the rate of each vehicle.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39615) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
RT=D for each of the vehicles.
Time is 1 hour.
r, rate for slower vehicle.

r*1 and (r+3)*1 serve as legs of a right triangle, and hypotenuse is 15.
Pythagorean Theorem.
Do the rest.
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