document.write( "Question 99024: Hello,\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Please help me with this story problem. I got 20 mi...but want to check.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north; the other east. When the car traveling north had gone 15 mi, the distance between the cars was 5 mi more than the distance traveled by the car heading east. How far had the east bound car travled? Thanks..>Tammy
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Algebra.Com's Answer #72062 by stanbon(75887)\"\" \"About 
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If the eastbound car goes x miles,
\n" ); document.write( "15^2 + x^2= (x+5)^2
\n" ); document.write( "225 + x^2 = x^2+10x+25
\n" ); document.write( "200= 10x
\n" ); document.write( "x= 20 miles
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