SOLUTION: If two cars were faced away from each other back to back, both cars travelled 8 miles forward then made a 90 degree left turn and traveled another 6 miles, how far apart would they

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Question 430106: If two cars were faced away from each other back to back, both cars travelled 8 miles forward then made a 90 degree left turn and traveled another 6 miles, how far apart would they be?
Answer by haileytucki(390) About Me  (Show Source):
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Pythagorean theorem hypotenuse
= square root of 6 sq + 8 sq = 36 + 64 = square root of 100 = 10 (10 x 10 = 100).
10 + 10 = 20 miles.
20 MILES APART