Two cars A and B leave an intersection at the same time. Car A travels west at an average speed of x miles per hour and car B travels south at an average speed of y miles per hour. Write a program that prompts the user to enter the average speed of both the cars and the elapsed time (in hours and minutes) and outputs the (shortest) distance between the cars.

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Jonah Mills

14 November, 14:07

Two cars A and B leave an intersection at the same time. Car A travels west at an average speed of x miles per hour and car B travels south at an average speed of y miles per hour. Write a program that prompts the user to enter the average speed of both the cars and the elapsed time (in hours and minutes) and outputs the (shortest) distance between the cars.

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Tania Wall · Answer 1

Distance between A & B, dAB, is hypotenus.

dAB²=dA²+dB²

A'=70 mph, B'=55mph, (convert t to hours)

dA=A'•t, dB=B'•t

dAB=√ ((70t) ² + (55t) ²)

Explanation:

Distance between A & B, dAB, is hypotenus.

dAB²=dA²+dB²

A'=70 mph, B'=55mph, (convert t to hours)

dA=A'•t, dB=B'•t

dAB=√ ((70t) ² + (55t) ²)