Question 689344: Two cars leave an intersection at the same time. One car is headed north at the rate of 1 Km/min while the other is headed east at the rate of 2.4 Km/min. What is the direct distance between the two cars, in kilometers, 5 minutes after the cars left the intersection?
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two cars leave an intersection at the same time. One car is headed north at the rate of 1 Km/min while the other is headed east at the rate of 2.4 Km/min. What is the direct distance between the two cars, in kilometers, 5 minutes after the cars left the intersection?
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It's a right triangle.
The sides are 5 & 12 km
The distance is the hypotenuse.
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