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) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the distance traveled by the eastbound car = mi
given:
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Subtract from both sides
The eastbound car traveled 24 mi