4. Car A is traveling west at 50 mph and car B is traveling north at 60 mph. Both are headed to the intersection of the two roads. At what rate are the cars approaching one another when car A is .3 miles and car B is .4 miles from the intersection?
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3 miles and car B is 0.4 miles from the intersection. Given that car A is 0.3 miles and car B is 0.4 miles from the intersection, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the distance between the two cars: \(d = \sqrt{0.3^2 + 0.4^2} = \sqrt{0.09 + 0.16} = Show more…
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