document.write( "Question 859852: Two trains leave a station at the same time. One travels north on a track at 44 mph. The second travels east on a track at 31 miles per hour. How fast are they traveling away from one another in miles per hour when the northbound train is 176 miles from the station? \n" ); document.write( "
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176/44=4 hours.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "31*4=124 miles\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "176^2+124^2=c^2
\n" ); document.write( "46352 = c^2
\n" ); document.write( "c = 4 sqrt(2897)
\n" ); document.write( "c = 215.30
\n" ); document.write( "215.30/4=53.825 mph\r
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