Question

Two trains leave New York at the same time. One travels south 50 miles per hour and the other traveled east at 40 miles per hour. How far apart are they at the end of THREE HOURS?

Answer 1

30 miles apart

Explanation:

Im not sure if this is the corect answer to this but this is what i think what i did was get 50 x 3 and 40 x 3 since they starded at the same times and finished after 3 hours so multiply your numbers by 3 so...

50 x 3=150

40 x 3=120

150-120=30 miles apart

Answer 2

192 miles

Explanation:

This is a right triangle problem

One leg of the triangle is

50 * 3 = 150

The other leg is

40 * 3 = 120

the distance is the hypotenuse

c^2 = 150^2 + 120^2

c^2 = 22500 + 14400

c^2 = 36900

Take the square root of both sides

c = 192.093727123

c ≈ 192 miles