document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=206256>Question 206256</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two cars start moving from the same point. One travels south at 100 km/hr and the other travels west at 50 km/hr. How far apart are they two hours later? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the southbound car is traveling at 100 km/hr, then in 2 hours it would've traveled 200 (2 * 100) km\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the westbound car is traveling at 50 km/hr, then in 2 hours it would've traveled 100 (2 * 50) km\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If a figure is drawn, it'll be seen that the scenario has formed a right triangle, with the legs being 100 km and 200 km, thus leaving the hypotenuse as the distance betwen the 2 vehicles after 2 hours.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the Pythagorean formula, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2Bb%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2Bb%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, to find this hypotenuse, we \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "get:   <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+100%5E2+%2B+200%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+100%5E2+%2B+200%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ------>  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+10000+%2B+40000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+10000+%2B+40000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+50000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+50000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ----->  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c++=++sqrt%2850000%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c++=++sqrt%2850000%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c  =  223.6068\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, 2 hours after starting out from the same point, the 2 cars are <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28223.6068%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28223.6068%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > km from each other.\r<BR>\n" );
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