document.write( "Question 107004: solve the problem\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "two cars leave an intersection. one car travels north; the other east. When the car traveling north has gone 9 miles, the distance between the cars was 3 miles more than the distance traveled by the car heading east. how far had the eastbound car traveled?
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\n" ); document.write( "9^2+X^2=12^2
\n" ); document.write( "81+X^2=144
\n" ); document.write( "X^2=144-81
\n" ); document.write( "X^2=63
\n" ); document.write( "X=SQRT63
\n" ); document.write( "X=7.94 ANSWER FOR THE DISTANCE THE CAR TRAVELED.
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