document.write( "Question 643417: two boats leave port at the same time, one east and one south (90 degree angle)
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two boats leave port at the same time, one east and one south (90 degree angle)
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\n" ); document.write( "let x=speed of southbound boat
\n" ); document.write( "x+2=speed of eastbound boat
\n" ); document.write( "After 9 hours:
\n" ); document.write( "southbound boat traveled 9x miles
\n" ); document.write( "eastbound boat traveled 9(x+2) miles
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\n" ); document.write( "draw a right triangle with legs 9x and 9(x+2) and hypotenuse=90
\n" ); document.write( "by pythagorean theorem:
\n" ); document.write( "(9x)^2+[9(x+2)]^2=90^2
\n" ); document.write( "81x^2+81(x^2+4x+4)=8100
\n" ); document.write( "divide by 81
\n" ); document.write( "x^2+x^2+4x+4=100
\n" ); document.write( "2x^2+4x-96=0
\n" ); document.write( "divide by 2
\n" ); document.write( "x^2+2x-48=0
\n" ); document.write( "(x+8)(x-6)=0
\n" ); document.write( "x=-8 (reject,x>0)
\n" ); document.write( "x=6
\n" ); document.write( "speed of southbound boat=6 mph
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