Question

Two cars leave town, one driving north and the other east. They are 26 miles apart when one of them is 14 miles farther from town than the other. At that time, how far were they each from the town?
Distance driven by the two cars:
___miles?

Answer 1

one of them is 6 and the other is 20

Answer 2

Draw out a visual, it'll help

Answer 3

dont forget medal

Answer 4

LOL What a troll.

Answer 5

together

Answer 6

Let's do it

Answer 7

And I believe you should try drawing out a triangle... with the hypotenuse and legs. That might help.

Answer 8

don't worry, I always give medals for right answers, who doesn't? Let me check it out...

Answer 9

it's not right.

Answer 10

What isn't right?

Answer 11

6, 20 is incorrect

Answer 12

I know it isn't. Draw an arrow going north and one east

Answer 13

Then they are 26 miles apart.Right? Make that the hypotenuse

Answer 14

one car is 14 away.. so find the missing side

Answer 15

Car A is 14 miles further from town than the other, Car B. \[ \]
let the distance of Car B = x.
the distance of Car A from town is 14+x
use pythagoras
x^{2} + (14+x)^{2} = 26^{2}
which is a bit messy to solve, but doable with a calculator...
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Another way, is to have memorized that a right triangle can have legs 5,12,13
or any multiple. 26 is 2*13, so you might try guessing one leg is 2*5=10, and the other
leg 2*12=24. And yes, this guess works.

Answer 16

Should be 21.91

Answer 17

so you're saying one is 21 m and the other is 91 m? That's not right either.

Answer 18

Did the question mean that when they end up driving the exact distance between them (hypontenuse) is 26?

Answer 19

I think I misread the question. Oh I think it meant Leg1: x Leg2: x+14 Hypotenuse:26

Answer 20

So what phi said

Answer 21

alright, these wrong answers are costing me...I think you may be more experienced with high school level algebra? thanks for trying though.

Answer 22

Lol then why are you asking o_o?