document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=706089>Question 706089</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi. My name is Allen and I can't figure out this problem. I solved for the hypotenuse but I don't know what to do after ...or if I was even supposed to find the hypotenuse. Please show me how to solve this problem. Thank you!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two cars leave the origin; one goes north at 65 mph and the other goes south at 60 mph. After how many hours will they be 200 miles apart?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__________ hours </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #434969 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=434969\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Allen, the situation is simpler than needing a hypotenuse.  North and South are opposite directions.  The cars travel makes no triangle.  You simply have the northbound driver having gone 65*h miles and the southbound driver having gone in the opposite direction for 60*h miles; When they are 200 miles apart, we have <BR>\n" );
document.write( "65h+60h=200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h=8/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h=1 hour and 36 minutes. </SPAN>\n" );
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