document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=446954>Question 446954</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north;the other east. When the car traveling north had gone 6 mi, the distance between the cars was 2 mi more than the distance traveled by the car heading east. How far had the eastbound car traveled? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " When the car traveling north had gone 6 mi, the distance between the cars was<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 2 mi more than the distance traveled by the car heading east.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How far had the eastbound car traveled?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let a = distance traveled by the eastbound car<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve this as a right triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = east dist<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 6 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = (a+2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2 + 6^2 = (a+2)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FOIL the right side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2 + 36 = a^2 + 4a + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms on the right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = a^2 - a^2 + 4a + 4 - 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4a - 32 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4a = 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=32%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"32%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 8 mi east dist<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See if that is right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8^2 + 6^2 = 10^2<BR>\n" );
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