SOLUTION: Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north; the other east. When the car traveling north had gone 18 miles, the distance between the cars was 6 miles more than the dista

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Question 189639: Two cars leave an intersection. One car travels north; the other east. When the car traveling north had gone 18 miles, the distance between the cars was 6 miles more than the distance traveled by the car heading east. How far had the eastboud car traveled?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the distance traveled by the eastbound car =d mi
given:
18%5E2+%2B+d%5E2+=+%28d+%2B+6%29%5E2
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324+%2B+d%5E2+=+d%5E2+%2B+12d+%2B+36
Subtract d%5E2 from both sides
324+=+12d+%2B+36
12d+=+288
d+=+24
The eastbound car traveled 24 mi