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Question 912081: Two cars start from the same point. One travels south at 75mi/hr and the other travels east at 45mi/hr. At what rate is the distance between them increasing three hours later? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two cars start from the same point. One travels south at 75mi/hr and the other travels east at 45mi/hr. At what rate is the distance between them increasing three hours later?
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Assuming they start at the same time, it's a right triangle.
Find the hypotenuse, that's the rate of separation at all times past the starting time.
