document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=440674>Question 440674</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two cars leave an intersection. One car travela north the other east. When the car traveling north had gone 9 mi, the distance between the cars was 3 mi more than the distance traveled by the car heading east. How far had the eastbond car travled? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #304336 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=304336\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let east bound car travel x miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "North bound - 9 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "At right angles <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use pythagoras theorem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2++9^2=(x+3)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+81=x^2+6x+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12 </SPAN>\n" );
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