SOLUTION: Two cars depart form the same place. One heads north at a certain speed, and the other car heads east at a speed 7mph faster than the first car. After one hour the cars are 17 mile

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Question 240099: Two cars depart form the same place. One heads north at a certain speed, and the other car heads east at a speed 7mph faster than the first car. After one hour the cars are 17 miles apart. How fast is each car traveling?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


I already answered this problem today, but here it is again in case you missed it.

If you are going miles per hour for 1 hour, you must have traveled miles. Since east is 90 degrees from north, apply Pythagoras:



Just solve for


John