document.write( "Question 476565: Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north; the other travels east. When the car traveling north
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document.write( "had gone 24 miles, the distance between the cars was four miles more than three times the distance
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document.write( "traveled by the car heading east. Find the distance between the cars at that time.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #326768 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Car N 24 miles other leg \n" ); document.write( "Car E = x miles one leg\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Car E has traveled 3x+4 miles Hypotenuse\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "/8 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=7 omit x=10\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Distance = 3x+4 ===> 3*7+4=25 miles\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "distance between two cars = 25 miles\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |