document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=361920>Question 361920</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two cars leave Ft. Lauderdale at the same time. One heads due west, toward naples, while the other heads due south, toward miami. After 15 minues, the westbound car has gone 5 miles farther than the southbound car, and they are 25 miles apart. How far has the southbound car gone?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #257970 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=257970\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (x+5)^2+x^2=25^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+10x+25+x^22=625<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2+10x+25-625=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2+10x-600=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x-30)(x+20)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-30=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=30/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=15 miles for the south bound car.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Proof:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(15+5)^2+15^2=25^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20^2+225=625<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400+225=625<BR>\n" );
document.write( "625=625<BR>\n" );
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