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steve and scott are twins out for a morning jog. They run at the exact same speed They split at a corner one north, one east. One out later they are 10squareroot2 miles apart how fast are they running

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Their running paths form the legs of an isosceles right triangle. The hypotenuse of such a triangle (the distance between Steve and Scott) is √2 times the length of one leg. Each has run 10 miles in the hour since they split.

They are running at 10 miles per hour.
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