document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=99024>Question 99024</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     Please help me with this story problem.  I got 20 mi...but want to check.\r<BR>\n" );
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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 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #72066 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=doukungfoo><B>doukungfoo(195)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=doukungfoo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=doukungfoo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=72066\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Yes 20 miles is the correct answer. You should have used the Pythagorean theorem <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >to solve this problem. The variable a is used to represent the distance traveled by the north bound car, so the a=15. The b variable is the unknown distance traveled by the east bound car, so b=x. Finally the c variable is the distance between the two cars which is given to be 5 more miles than the distance traveled by the east bound car, so c= x+5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we can plug in these values to the Pythagorean formula and solve for x. Here is how it works out.\r<BR>\n" );
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